Zelenskyy: Fico’s hopes that shadow schemes with Moscow would exist indefinitely were mistake, his obvious mistake
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico "obviously made a mistake" in hoping that his shadowy schemes with Moscow would exist indefinitely.
The head of state wrote about this in the social network X, Censor.NET reports.
"It's good that Slovak Prime Minister Fico has returned from a vacation in a luxury hotel in Vietnam and is now in Bratislava. It must be difficult for him personally - instead of showing off, he is now trying to correct his own mistakes. It was Fico's obvious mistake to hope that his shadowy schemes with Moscow would exist indefinitely," Zelenskyy emphasized.
He added that Ukraine had offered Slovakia its assistance for the period of adaptation to the absence of gas transit from Russia, but Fico himself arrogantly refused.
According to the president, representatives of European countries warned Fico that he could not just do nothing and wait.
Now, the Slovak prime minister is trying to shift the blame from himself to someone else through PR, lies and loud accusations.
"But the problem is that he bet on Moscow, not on his country, not on a united Europe, and not on common sense. It was a losing bet from the beginning. We hope that further diversification of energy supply sources to Europe, cooperation with the European Commission, as well as the implementation of President Trump's policy to increase the supply of American gas to the continent will help overcome the problems that arise due to the short-sightedness of some European figures," the Head of State summarized.
Stopping Russian gas transit
As a reminder, at 07:00 on January 1, 2025, the transportation of Russian natural gas through Ukraine was stopped in the interests of national security.
The Cabinet of Ministers said that Ukraine had duly informed the European Commission about the termination of gas transit. European countries are prepared.
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has also previously threatened to stop exporting electricity to Ukraine and significantly reduce support for Ukrainian refugees in response to the cessation of Russian gas transit through Ukrainian territory.
Recently, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "beggar and blackmailer."
