Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vetoed a $105 billion European Union aid package to Ukraine, sparking outrage from other leaders in the 27-nation bloc. 

In December, European Union member states voted unanimously to approve the loan package, which is aimed to help Ukraine fund its defense efforts against Russia this year and in 2027.

Orban, the EU’s longest serving leader and its most pro-Russian head of government, has clashed with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the status of a war-damaged pipeline. 

Orban, who was Hungarian prime minister from 1998 to 2002 and again starting in 2010, faces re-election April 12, and European leaders accused him of using the Ukraine aid package as a tool to win support ahead of that vote. His campaigned has accused Zelenskyy of being a political threat to Hungary.

Some analysts predicted Orban would lose next month’s election. If true, his veto of the aid package could be his last.