As NATO foreign ministers and Ukrainian officials meet in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss the war and ways to continue supporting Kyiv, it will prove hard to ignore deep divisions between European countries over Russia and Ukraine.
Hungary's foreign minister told CNBC on Tuesday that Budapest would never deliver weapons to Ukraine to help it fight Russia's invasion, saying Hungary wanted peace in the region. That same day, Finland's foreign minister announced a complete border closure with Russia.
Finland's decision to shut all of its border crossing points with Russia until Dec. 13 comes after it repeatedly accused Moscow of purposefully allowing undocumented migrants to cross its eastern border in a bid to sow instability. It said this "instrumentalized migration," posing "a serious threat to national security and public order."
Russia denies the allegations and is yet to respond to the entire border closure.
Finnish Foreign Affairs Minister Elina Valtonen told CNBC Tuesday that Russia had carried out a "hybrid operation" and Finland had "responded accordingly," saying that the government "can't accept this phenomenon to take place."