On substance, the EU had little to offer Kyiv. With Hungary objecting, the bloc failed to unblock frozen Russian assets as loans for Ukraine. Zelenskyy also met with Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, another increasingly pro-Russia country like Hungary.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking support among European Union leaders for what he is calling his “victory plan” to end the devastating war with Russia.

While reiterating a position that the process of making Ukraine a future NATO member - a key demand of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy - was "irreversible", Rutte said the victory plan included other elements and that he was discussing the full plan with members.