The European Union will be able work around any Hungarian veto and give Ukraine 50 billion euros ($53.4 billion) in aid, officials in the bloc said. The bloc's executive has proposed expanding budget support to help Ukraine pay salaries and meet other expenses as the war against Russia grinds on, and the EU's 27 member states are due to vote on the package at a December 14-15 summit. "Hungary risks overstretching its luck. We'd prefer to have them on board, but there comes a point when people get fed up with Budapest holding everyone hostage," one EU official said.
