By Lili Bayer and Krisztina Than BRUSSELS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Hungary maintained its veto on Monday on new EU sanctions on Russia and a huge loan for Ukraine, while a Ukrainian strike on a Russian pumping station serving the Druzhba oil pipeline threatened to further harm Kyiv's fraught ties with Budapest.

The European Union's latest sanctions package targeting Russia's shadow fleet and energy revenues is being blocked by Hungary, the bloc’s top diplomat said Monday.

Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó said in a post on X on Sunday that he would block the 20th sanctions package at a meeting of foreign ministers on Monday.