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Foreign affairs ministers of the European Union did not mince words on Monday when expressing their exasperation about Hungary’s long-running veto on military assistance for Ukraine. “It has gone very, very far,” said Lithuania’s Gabrielius Landsbergis. The blockage began a year ago when Budapest refused to endorse a €500-million tranche under the European Peace Facility (EPF), an off-budget tool that allows member states to obtain partial reimbursements for the military equipment they send to Kyiv. The dispute, which has caused a great deal of frustration among EU diplomats, was exacerbated a…

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