BUDAPEST, Hungary>> A new U.S. administration under Donald Trump will cease providing support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said before a European Union summit on Friday, signaling that Trump’s recent election could drive a wedge among EU leaders on the question of the war.

Orbán was hosting the second of two days of summits Friday in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, on the heels of Trump’s election victory.

The war in Ukraine will be high on the agenda for a gathering of the EU’s 27 leaders, most of whom believe continuing to supply Ukraine with weapons and financial assistance are key elements for the continent’s security. The nationalist Hungarian leader has long sought to undermine EU support for Kyiv, and routinely blocked, delayed or watered down the bloc’s efforts to provide weapons and funding and to sanction Moscow for its invasion.

He has sought to use the summits to make his case to other leaders that they should rethink their commitments to Ukraine.

In comments to state radio before Friday’s summit, Orbán, who is close to Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, reiterated his long-held position that an immediate cease-fire should be declared. And he suggested that Ukraine already has lost its fight.

Russian forces have recently made modest gains in the east of Ukraine, although positions on the front lines have remained relatively stable for months. Still, as the duration of the war approaches 1,000 days, Ukraine’s forces are struggling to match Russia’s military, which is much bigger and better-equipped.