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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba meets with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in Brussels - their first in-person meeting since Russia's full-scale invasion began.

Brussels, Ukraine
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This was the first in-person meeting between Kuleba and Szijjártó since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Czech Republic first announced proposal on restricting movement of Russian diplomatic missions' employees across EU

Announcement made during preliminary meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels

Hungary's position on Ukraine's EU accession remains unchanged

The meeting was the first time the two met in person since the start of the full-scale invasion

The European Commission has not completed the preparatory work that could guarantee that Ukraine will continue accession negotiations in a mutually beneficial way

EU considering 50 billion euros in financial aid for Ukraine, five billion euro weapons fund top-up, and opening accession talks

EU leaders will meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss a proposal to replenish the European Peace Facility (EPF), used to partially reimburse states for the cost of supplying weapons to Kyiv, with €5 billion instead of the four-year, €20 billion fund proposed earlier this year.

With Germany facing a budget crisis and Hungary threatening to veto the measure, the outcome of this week's talks is still unclear.

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