Hungary lifted the ban on the allocation of funds to Ukraine from the EU fund

The new leadership of Hungary supported the use of the European Peace Fund to provide military assistance to Ukraine, thanks to which about € 6.6 billion was unblocked for the purchase of air defense systems. This was reported by the Nepszava newspaper on June 4, citing sources.

"The last Hungarian veto against Ukraine has been lifted, and the decision to use the European Peace Fund has already been made at the ambassadorial level," the publication says.

It is specified that at the next stage the European External Action Service will prepare a corresponding bill, which will then be submitted for approval by the EU member states.

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on June 4 that Hungary had agreed to open the first negotiation cluster within the framework of Ukraine's accession to the European Union after reaching agreements with Kiev on the rights of the Hungarian national minority in Transcarpathia. According to the head of government, Budapest and Kiev managed to work out a comprehensive agreement providing for the expansion of linguistic, educational, cultural and political rights of those living in the Ukraine of ethnic Hungarians.