{"id":8087,"date":"2026-03-16T11:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/?p=8087"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T11:26:18","slug":"russia-fires-scores-of-missiles-at-ukraine-as-hungary-threatens-to-block-eu-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/2026\/03\/16\/russia-fires-scores-of-missiles-at-ukraine-as-hungary-threatens-to-block-eu-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia fires scores of missiles at Ukraine as Hungary threatens to block EU sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just days before the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion, Russia launched a massive wave of nearly 300 drones and 50 missiles targeting Ukraine&#8217;s residential areas and critical infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the strikes, noting that the Kremlin continues to prioritize military investment over diplomacy as logistics, energy, and water facilities were hit. The situation is further complicated by escalating diplomatic tensions with Slovakia and Hungary. Hungary has threatened to block a 20th round of EU sanctions against Moscow, while neighboring Slovakia has threatened to cut off emergency power supplies to Ukraine, until oil shipments through the Druzhba pipeline resume. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> February 22, 2026. <strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/feb\/22\/russia-missiles-ukraine-hungary-block-eu-sanctions\">theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just days before the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion, Russia launched a massive wave of nearly 300 drones and 50 missiles targeting Ukraine&#8217;s residential areas and critical infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the strikes, noting that the Kremlin continues to prioritize military investment over diplomacy as logistics, energy, and water facilities were hit. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":8089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war-conflict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8213,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087\/revisions\/8213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elearning.uia.no\/observatory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}