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European Union defence ministers will meet in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss military aid to Ukraine, as well as efforts to strengthen Europe’s defence industry. The EU has pledged €5 billion ($5.4 billion) in military aid to Ukraine through an off-budget fund called the European Peace Facility. But payments are being held up by Hungary. Each EU member state has a veto. “This delay can be measured in terms of human lives,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday, after a meeting of EU foreign ministers. “We have agreed that the Hungarian contribution to the European Peace facility…

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