STORY: EU countries will likely not reach an agreement on the proposed new package of sanctions against Russia on Monday (February 23), EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

Continued resistance from Hungary has made it clear that consensus on the proposed measures will not be reached at a meeting of EU ministers of foreign affairs on Monday, Kallas told reporters before the meeting.

Poland's foreign minister accused Hungary on Monday of showing a shocking lack of solidarity for Ukraine and said he believed the Hungarian government was creating a climate of hostility towards Kyiv to use in an election campaign.

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VIDEO SHOWS: SOUNDBITES FROM EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF, KAJA KALLAS, AND POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER, RADOSLAW SIKORSKI, ON UKRAINE AND HUNGARY

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SHOWS: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (FEBRUARY 23, 2026) (EUROPEAN UNION – Access all)

1. EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF, KAJA KALLAS, WALKING TOWARDS JOURNALISTS

2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF, KAJA KALLAS, SAYING:

"Tomorrow marks the fourth anniversary of this horrible war. so of course there's going to be discussion on the 20th sanctions package. But as you all know, I think there is not going to be progress regarding this today, but we will definitely make this push. Then also the discussion about what should we talk to the Russians about."

3. ESTONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MARGUS TSAHKNA, WALKING

4. (SOUNDBITE) (English) EU FOREIGN POLICY CHIEF, KAJA KALLAS, SAYING:

"We are, of course, doing our utmost to have this sanctions package, to push this through. And I've talked to the member states who are also going to raise this and convince the countries who are blocking. And we are also looking at ways how we can do it. But as we have heard some very strong statements from Hungary, that's why I don't really see that they are going to change this, unfortunately, today, this position that they have."

5. KALLAS WALKING AWAY

6. POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER, RADOSLAW SIKORSKI, WALKING TOWARDS JOURNALISTS

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER, RADOSLAW SIKORSKI, SAYING:

"You know, the thing that shocks me fundamentally is that while Ukraine is defending itself against the might of the Russian army, Hungarians used to understand what it’s like. You know, Budapest was invaded, in fact, twice in the 20th century, but once by the Red Army. I would have expected a much greater feeling of solidarity from Hungary for Ukraine."

8. EU COMMISSIONER FOR EQUALITY, PREPAREDNESS AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT, HADJA LAHBIB, WALKING