🇪🇺🇭🇺 The EU has threatened to leave Hungary without a say in decisions if it blocks aid to Ukraine.

Politico writes about this.

According to the publication, if Hungary again blocks the allocation of 50 billion euros to Ukraine at the summit on February 1, members of the bloc are ready to apply Article 7 of the EU Agreement for the first time in history and deprive Budapest of the right to participate in joint decision-making.

Politico writes that this tightening of the EU’s position towards Hungary was influenced by problems in the United States, where Congress cannot agree on the allocation of $61.4 billion to Kyiv, which makes it critical for Ukraine to receive assistance from the EU.

Earlier , Reuters reported that negotiations in the EU on the allocation of aid to Ukraine in the amount of 50 billion euros “have become more complicated” due to the position of Hungary, which still wants to block this aid.

At the same time, earlier Slovak Prime Minister Fico said that he would not allow Hungary to be deprived of its voting rights in the EU.

🇺🇲🇬🇧🇷🇺 The US will station nuclear weapons in the UK to counter the threat from Russia - The Telegraph

The United States plans to station nuclear weapons in Britain for the first time in 15 years as the threat from Russia grows, according to Pentagon documents obtained by The Telegraph. The US removed nuclear missiles from Britain in 2008, believing the threat from Moscow had diminished.

Contracts for a new facility at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk confirm the US intends to station nuclear warheads three times more powerful at the airbase than the Hiroshima bomb.

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🇺🇲🇺🇦🇷🇺 US plans for Ukraine do not provide for the return of lost territories, writes the Washington Post.

According to the newspaper, the Biden administration is working on a long-term strategy to support Kyiv.

She will "de-emphasize retaking territory and instead focus on helping Ukraine fend off new Russian offensives." And also strengthen the defense and economic capabilities of Kyiv.

The goal is for Ukraine to “become much stronger by the end of 2024,” senior US officials told the publication.

This strategy does not mean that the Ukrainians are simply going to dig in. In 2024, “there will continue to be an exchange of territories” in small settlements of minimal strategic value, missile and drone launches from both sides (for Ukraine, the priority is Crimea and the Black Sea).

The West hopes that Ukraine will not lose new territories in 2024, the article says. But Zelensky publicly “insists that Ukraine will continue its offensive.”

But U.S. policymakers who recently met privately with him say Zelensky has doubts about how ambitious his actions will be next year without clarity on U.S. assistance.

The publication points out that the “defense” strategy carries risks, “including political ones, if Ukrainians begin to blame their government for stagnation.”

“It’s the same in Western capitals, where officials are well aware that their citizens’ patience with regard to financing the Ukrainian war is not unlimited,” writes WP.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Heavy arrivals of FAB-500 from UMPC to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdeevka, where the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces units is now developing.

🇾🇪🇬🇧🇺🇲 The British Maritime Trade Organization reports an attack by an unknown kamikaze drone on a merchant ship east of Ras Hafun off the coast of Somalia.

Other sources report a rocket attack on an American military base at the Conoco plant in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, as well as the arrival of a drone at the Al-Asad airbase in Iraq.

🇩🇪🇺🇲🇺🇦 In February, German Chancellor Scholz will go to the United States to visit Biden to discuss support for Ukraine, Bloomberg writes.

Apparently, this will happen after the European Union tries to again allocate $50 billion in aid to Ukraine. And against the backdrop of the fact that the United States cannot yet provide Ukraine with new funds.

Germany is the main supplier of weapons and financial assistance to Ukraine in the European Union, the publication recalls.