FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest, Hungary, January 16, 2024. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary signalled its readiness on Monday for a compromise allowing a proposed European Union aid package for Ukraine to be financed from the bloc's budget ahead of an emergency summit on Thursday.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been a vocal critic of the EU's financial and military support for Kyiv and maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia's invasion of neighbouring in Ukraine in February 2022.
