All 27 leaders agree deal after 11th-hour meetings with Hungarian prime minister, who had vowed to block the funds

Viktor Orbán has agreed a deal with fellow EU leaders on a €50bn support package for Ukraine after pulling back from the brink for a second time at a summit in Brussels.

The Hungarian prime minister, who had been vowing to block the funds since December, finally succumbed to pressure after a series of 11th-hour meetings with the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, the French president, Emmanuel Macron and the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, as well as the European Commission and Council presidents, Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel.

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