Threats of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will not stop electricity imports to Ukraine. Instead, his policy could harm Slovakia itself, believes President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “It appears that Putin gave Fico the order to open the second energy front against Ukraine at the expense of the Slovak people’s interests.

Zelensky said this was "the only possible meaning" of Fico's threats to cut off Ukraine's emergency power supply in the winter, given Russian attacks on power plants and the distribution network.

The Slovak Prosecutor General's Office will investigate Prime Minister Robert Fico's visit to Russia. During the trip, he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Aktuality reports. Representatives of the Peace for Ukraine public organization came up with the initiative to the Slovak Prosecutor General's Office.