Ukrainians protest in Brussels for more EU support

(1 Feb 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Brussels, Belgium - 01 February 2024 1. Wide of Ukrainian demonstrators with flags and banners 2. Pan of demonstrators 3. Close of Ukrainian flag 4. Close of board reading (English) “Support for Ukraine is not charity” 5. Wide of demonstrators with European Commission on background 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Bezvershenko, Advocacy lead for Promote Ukraine: “He (Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban) puts in danger the entire European continent; and it is a question of the money of course, and he is the Russian puppet that is putting in danger the whole European Union. I would rather put a message not to Viktor Orban but to other European leaders that they have to revise the treaty, they have to take away the veto power from such countries.” 7. Close of flags 8. Medium of protestors 9. Close of board reading (English) “Ukraine’s victory = peace in Europe” 10. Wide of protest STORYLINE: Around 50 Ukrainians gathered outside the European Council on Thursday where EU leaders met to approve a 50 billion euro ($54 billion) funding package for Ukraine. The protest, which came ahead of the vote to approve funding, also called for a ban on exports of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) and aluminium from Russia. The announcement of a deal came despite staunch objections from Hungary in December and in the days leading up to Thursday’s summit in Brussels. Protesters on Thursday, before the deal was struck, said Orban had put “the entire European continent“ in danger, accusing him of being a “Russian puppet“ Lisa Bezvershenko, Advocacy lead for Promote Ukraine, who organised the small action said: “they (the European Union) have to take away the veto power from such countries” she said. European Council President Charles Michel announced the agreement about only an hour into the leaders’ summit in Brussels. “We have a deal,” Michel said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. He said the agreement “locks in steadfast, long-term, predictable funding for Ukraine,” and demonstrated that the “EU is taking leadership and responsibility in support for Ukraine; we know what is at stake.” It was not immediately clear if any concessions were made to secure Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s approval. =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel 44(0)2074827482 Email: info@. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: