The EU approved a €90 billion ($106 billion) loan to Ukraine on Thursday after Hungary lifted its veto, which had been blocking the aid for months. The breakthrough came after Russian oil flow resumed through the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia Thursday morning, resolving a dispute that had deadlocked EU approval since January. Ukraine needs this funding urgently to sustain its war economy and military operations through 2026. Viktor Orbán, Hungary's nationalist PM who recently lost an election, had previously reneged on a December agreement to allow the loan, using the pipeline dispute as leverage in the broader geopolitical battle over Russian energy dependence in Europe.