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hungary is one. the hungarians have largely been pro-russian throughout this entire ordeal. getting them across the line on any sanctions is a heavy lift. interestingly enough, i was talking to a top eu official who said, you know, one of the things i ve been banging on about is ukraine s succession to the european union is now a bigger deal than them joining nato for the social, political, and economic reasons. the only country in europe going going rah-rah about this is italy. he s high on zelenskyy and all the talent ukraine has to offer. the big thing with sanctions, too, it is not just energy. the electronics and everything that flies in the air that the russian military uses, from precision-guided munitions, which they re running out of, rotary and fixed wing aircraft, all the guts of those things are manufactured in the united states and european union.