Kyiv’s decision not to renew a deal with the Kremlin hasn’t sparked the catastrophe the Slovak prime minister imagined.

Austria has insisted it is well prepared for the stoppage, but Slovakia has threatened to cut electricity supplies to neighboring Ukraine.

Herman Halushchenko said Ukraine could compensate for any disruption by importing electricity from Romania and Poland.

Slovakia is part of the single European energy market. Therefore, Ukraine is urging the European Commission to respond to the blackmail by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico regarding the suspension of electricity supplies,

In a video message, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico condemned Zelensky's decision, stating that it causes substantial harm to Slovakia's economy and to the European Union. Fico highlighted that the halting of gas transit through Ukraine means Slovakia loses approximately €500 million annually in transit fees.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's threats to shut off electricity supply to Ukraine due to Kyiv's decision to suspend Russian gas transit after 2024. Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter); European ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut off energy supplies to Ukraine if Kyiv stops transporting russian gas to Central Europe.Fico wrote

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has held talks in Brussels and Moscow to preserve Russian gas supplies to his country. However, after the failure of an attempt to continue paying the Kremlin for gas,

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico described Ukraine's halt of the transit of gas supplied from Russia to the EU as "Zelensky's sabotage." In a video released on Thursday, he again threatened to cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine and discussed the possibility of reducing support for Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico on Saturday of opening a "second energy front" against Ukraine on the orders of Russia.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said that he has offered his country as a meeting place for possible talks on ending the war in Ukraine. "If anyone turns to us and is interested in organizing peace talks in Slovakia about the conflict between Ukraine and Russia,