The proposal outlined security guarantees the EU could offer Kyiv, along with a new military aid package.
Meanwhile, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico said his country would no longer provide financial or military support to Kyiv.
Fico also criticized the West’s “peace through strength” approach as “unrealistic.”
On Feb. 18, Politico reported that EU countries were preparing a military aid package for Ukraine worth at least 6 billion euros ($6.3 billion) to bolster Kyiv’s position ahead of possible talks with Russia. Two anonymous diplomats said the amount could rise to 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion) or more as nations review their stockpiles.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, on Feb. 20, reiterated his country’s opposition to a 20-billion-euro ($21 billion) EU aid package for Ukraine.
On March 1, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban wrote to European Council President António Costa, demanding direct EU-Russia ceasefire talks and threatening to block EU Council conclusions on Ukraine.