Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been accused of disloyalty and blackmail by European Union leaders after he blocked a €90bn loan for Ukraine. Orbán cited a feud over a damaged pipeline that transports Russian oil to Hungary, saying 'no oil = no money.' European leaders have described his actions as 'a gross act of disloyalty' and 'blackmail,' and have vowed that the loan will be delivered 'one way or the other.' Orbán has maintained close ties with Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and has made hostility towards Ukraine a key issue ahead of elections on April 12. Hungary depends on Russian energy, and Orbán has accused Ukraine of disrupting these supplies by failing to repair a Soviet-era pipeline. Kyiv says the repair will take weeks, but lifting sanctions on Moscow would be equivalent to restoring the flow of oil.