"South Korea's foreign ministry has expressed concerns to the Russian embassy in Seoul over a large banner hung over its building that reads victory will be ours in Russian, the Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials. The ministry noted the unnecessary tensions the banner could create with South Korean citizens and other countries as it was widely seen as a reference to Russia's war in Ukraine, the report said."
"Hungary will block the EU's next package of sanctions against Russia, the country's foreign minister has said, in the latest step aimed at pushing Ukraine to resume the flow of Russian oil through a pipeline supplying Hungarian refineries. The EU is currently preparing a package against Russia over the war in Ukraine and while negotiations are ongoing, many member countries would like to agree the package in time for the fourth anniversary of Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday."
"At tomorrow's Foreign Affairs Council, the EU aims to adopt the 20th sanctions package. Hungary will block it, Peter Szijjarto, the foreign minister, said on X on Sunday. Until Ukraine resumes oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, we will not allow decisions important to Kyiv to move forward. Ukraine condemned what it described as ultimatums and blackmail by Hungary and Slovakia at the weekend after both governments threatened to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine unless Kyiv restarted the Russian oil flows."
A large banner in Russian reading 'victory will be ours' hangs on the Russian embassy in Seoul, prompting the South Korean foreign ministry to express concerns and warn it could create unnecessary tensions with citizens and other countries. The Russian embassy had not removed the banner, a phrase used by the Soviet Union during the second world war. Hungary announced it will block the EU's next sanctions package against Russia to pressure Ukraine into resuming oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline to Hungarian refineries. Ukraine condemned Hungary and Slovakia's threats as ultimatums and blackmail. Vladimir Putin declared development of Russia's nuclear triad an absolute priority after the expiry of its last remaining nuclear treaty with the United States.
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