BUDAPEST, June 3 (CGTN) - Hungary is once again derailing the European Union's plans for another round of sanctions against Russia.

EU leaders agreed in principle earlier this week on a sixth package of measures over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and on Thursday, government envoys were due turn that political agreement into a legal text.

However, on Wednesday evening, Budapest announced it wanted to remove the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, from the EU's list of sanctioned individuals.