EU Plans to Skip Hungary’s 50 Billion Euro Aid to Ukraine, Slovakia May Not Agree

The European Union, which has differences on the issue of aid to Ukraine, plans to skip Hungary’s 50 billion euros in aid to Ukraine this time. But Slovakia may not agree.

According to Euronews TV on the 16th, European Commission President von der Leyen told the media at the World Economic Forum in Davos that day that Ukraine would receive 50 billion euros with or without Hungary’s support.

Mainland China’s Observer quoted reports that at the EU summit held in mid-December last year, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban vetoed the EU’s decision to provide 50 billion euros in aid to Ukraine. The EU will meet again on February 1 this year to make a second attempt to approve this aid. In this regard, von der Leyen said in Davos: “My personal priority is to reach an agreement among 27 countries. If not, we are determined to reach an agreement with 26 countries.”

The Financial Times has previously reported that Brussels is studying an alternative, in which the European Commission borrows 20 billion euros from financial markets to Ukraine, which would avoid the requirement for the consent of the 27 countries. Although EU officials try to avoid talking publicly about such a “Plan B”, von der Leyen’s above-mentioned statement shows that the EU is trying its best to avoid the failed results it experienced last year.

Although von der Leyen hopes to skip Hungary and support Ukraine, Slovakia does not think so. “Slovakia will join forces with Hungary,” Euronews said on the 16th that after a bilateral meeting with Orban in Budapest that day, Slovak Prime Minister Fizo expressed support for Orban. He agreed with Orban’s position that the EU should not fund Kyiv from the common budget. Both Fizo and Orban said that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine cannot be resolved through military means.

In addition to differences on the issue of aid to Ukraine, the European Parliament also has opinions on the release of tens of billions of euros to Hungary. “The European Parliament plans to sue the European Commission for distributing tens of billions of euros to Hungary.” Der Spiegel said on the 16th that on December 13, 2023, the European Commission decided to release 10.2 billion euros of EU funds to Hungary. The funds are part of about 32 billion euros in funds previously frozen by Orban’s government. Critics accuse von der Leyen of allowing Orban to be “blackmailed”. In fact, the European Commission unfrozen the funds ahead of an EU summit to discuss aid to Ukraine.

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The trial of the cafe bombing in St. Petersburg, Russia, began. The female suspect cried in court and defended herself, saying that she thought the explosive was just a listening device and did not expect to be “framed” by Ukraine.

In April 2023, the well-known Russian military blogger Vladian Tatarsky (Владлен Татарский) was killed by a small statue equipped with an improvised explosive device while holding an event in a coffee shop in St. Petersburg. The explosion also caused At least 30 people were injured. The Russian woman who delivered the statue, Dalia Trebova (Дарья Трепова), was soon wanted and arrested.

According to reports from TASS and Reuters on the 16th, the Russian Military Court recently held a hearing on the case. On Tuesday local time, Trebova sobbed in court and claimed that she was deceived by a Ukrainian man who planned the incident. At that time, she thought that the sculpture she was asked to give to Tatarsky contained a listening device, not a listening device. bomb.

According to the TASS news agency, 26-year-old Trebova testified in St. Petersburg on Tuesday that she met an alleged “Ukrainian journalist” named Roman Popkov (Романа) on social media. Попкова), the two are close friends with each other.

She said that after Russia launched a “special military operation” against Ukraine in 2022, she told Popkov that she opposed Russia’s “invasion”, sympathized with Ukraine, and hoped that Popkov could help her go to Ukraine as a volunteer Provide humanitarian assistance.

According to Trebova, Popkov wrote back six months later and asked her if she was still willing to move to Ukraine. After receiving a positive answer, Popkov invited Trebova to become his “agent” and asked her to attend a meeting of the Russian cyber group “Cyber ​​Front Z”. He needed to understand “what is happening with the patriotic groups in Russian society” What?” This group is the manager of the cafe where the explosion occurred. At the same time, Popkov also asked Trebova to buy a new SIM card for “more secure” communication with him.

In November, Popkov introduced Trebova to another Ukrainian man, codenamed “Gestalt” (German for “shape”), who was supposed to handle Trebova’s move to Ukraine. matters. In the months after the bombing, Gestalt had been sending money and assigning tasks to Trebova, most of which were related to Tatarsky. During this period, she received a total of 190,000 rubles worth (approximately Crypto Bitcoin of RMB 15,504 yuan).

Trebova said that under the instructions of “Gestalt”, she began to approach Tatarsky in early 2023, attended his lectures, and claimed to be an art student. In March, Gestalt sent Trebova a statue of Tatarsky and asked her to give it to Tatarsky in person.

The statue was supposed to be handed over to Tatarsky on March 8, but Trebova said she was shocked by its size. Reminiscent of the death of Dukina, the daughter of the Russian philosopher Dugin, in the explosion, she worried that there was a bomb in the statue.

She asked “Gestalt” if they wanted to kill Tatarsky like they did Dukina, but the other party replied that the statue was just a listening device and a GPS tracking locator.

So, on April 2, Trebova gave the statue to Tatarsky at a fan meeting held in a cafe in the name of a gift. When the latter was joking and playing around with it, the explosion suddenly occurred.

According to Reuters, Trebova argued in court that she did not expect that she would be “framed” by the other party. She originally thought that the purpose of the wiretapping was to learn more about Tatarsky’s information about the war in Ukraine.

She said that after the explosion, she called and questioned “Gestalt” on the phone, constantly cursing. “And he said: ‘You can hit me when you come to Ukraine,’ and that made me very angry,” Trepova said with tears streaming down her face.

TASS reported that since November 15 last year, the Russian Military Court has held hearings in St. Petersburg to hear Trebova’s criminal case. The court plans to review the defense evidence from January 15th to January 18th, and start arguments between the two sides on the 19th.

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2024-01-18 05:06:30