Ukraine offered compensation to Slovakia amid the suspension of Russian gas transit. However, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico rejected the proposal, according to the evening address of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticized Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, claiming he does not want to end the NATO member's reliance on Russian natural gas. There is a growing ...

Slovakia may consider reciprocal measures against Ukraine if it doesn’t allow the transit of gas from Russia to Europe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in the Kremlin on Sunday, a rare visit by a European Union leader to Moscow as a contract allowing for Russian gas to transit through Ukraine nears expiry.

Slovakia is dependent on gas passing through its neighbour Ukraine, and it has ramped up efforts to maintain those flows from 2025 while criticising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for refusing to extend the contract expiring at the end of the year.

Gluck called the request absurd, arguing that Ukraine is the one violating its agreement with the EU by blocking energy deliveries, not Slovakia. Fico had visited Moscow over the weekend to discuss continuing purchases of Russian oil, gas, and nuclear fuel ...

Slovakia’s prime minister held surprise talks with Vladimir Putin on Sunday amid a stand-off with Ukraine over gas supplies. The Kremlin said the Russian president and Robert Fico were meeting ...

Slovakia aims to have a deal by the end of the year that will allow natural gas to continue to flow from Russia through Ukraine, Denisa Sakova, the nation’s deputy prime minister and economy minister said.

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