“It looks like that Putin ordered Fico to open a second energy front against Ukraine at the expense of the interests of the Slovak people,” Zelensky wrote on Saturday on X. “Threats to cut off Ukraine's emergency power supply this winter, while Russia attacks our power plants and energy grid can only be explained in this way,” the president added.
As Zelensky recalled, Slovakia's share in Ukrainian electricity imports is approximately 19%. According to him, “Fico's short-sighted policy has already deprived Slovaks of compensation for the loss of Russian gas transit,” and now Slovakia's prime minister risks losing another $200 millionwhich Ukraine pays for electricity imports.
Tensions between Ukraine and Slovakia. Robert Fico and the gas dispute
Robert Fico threatened Ukraine on Friday with cutting off electricity suppliesIf Kyiv will fulfill his promises and will stop the transit of Russian gas to his country after the New Year. At the beginning of the week, the Slovak politician met in… Moscow z Vladimir Putin.
On Monday, Zelensky announced that Fico rejected the offer to compensate for the losses due to Ukraine suspending the transit of Russian gas.