The unannounced pre-Christmas assembly between Fico and Putin used to be reported on the time as an strive through the Slovak chief to have the opportunity round Kyiv’s refusal to increase Russian fuel deliveries to Bratislava following the expiry of an present contract on the finish of 2024.
No point out used to be then product of brokering peace talks, even though Fico later said in a social media put up that “all the way through an extended dialog with V. Putin we did trade critiques at the army scenario in Ukraine [and] at the probabilities of bringing the warfare to a relaxed finish.”
Slovak opposition chief Michal Šimečka instructed native media that if Fico desires peace between Russia and Ukraine he must get Putin to finish the warfare: “If Russia’s army ceases its assaults, they [Fico and Putin] are welcome to speak peace on Fico’s porch if they prefer.”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the meantime, famous on X following the assembly between Fico and Putin that the 2 “didn’t factor joint statements or reply to media questions,” alleging it used to be as a result of “they’re terrified of the general public’s response.”
“Why is that this chief [Fico] so depending on Moscow?” Zelenskyy requested. “What’s being paid to him, and what does he pay with?”
