The European Union is edging towards a partial ban on Russian oil, as leaders attempt to find a compromise to placate the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who has been holding up a deal on the latest sanctions against Russia. Arriving at the leaders' summit, Orbán said 'the pipeline solution is not bad' but insisted his country needed guarantees it could get oil from other sources if there was an 'accident' at the Druzhba pipeline, which runs through war-torn Ukraine. He attacked the commission for what he called its 'irresponsible behaviour' and blamed it for creating a 'difficult situation'