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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Bratislava, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) — Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico on Saturday warned of a shutdown of emergency power supplies to Ukraine unless oil supplies to Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline are restored.
"If oil supplies to Slovakia are not restored by Monday, I will ask SEPS (Slovak state-owned power grid operator – Xinhua) to cut off emergency power supplies to Ukraine. In January 2026 alone, these emergency supplies, necessary to stabilize the Ukrainian power grid, were twice as high as those needed for the entire year 2025," he wrote on social media.
R. Fico also accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of malicious actions against Slovakia, since Slovakia does not “support the war.”
He added that the cessation of gas supplies to Slovakia from January 1, 2025, caused damage of 500 million euros (590 million US dollars) per year, and after the cessation of oil supplies, the damage and logistical difficulties were further aggravated.
Oil supplies to Slovakia and Hungary were suspended following the attack on the Druzhba pipeline on January 27, Ukrainian officials reported. Slovakia declared a state of emergency in the oil industry.
On February 18, after a cabinet meeting, R. Fico accused V. Zelensky of political blackmail and interference in the election campaign in Hungary, the Slovak Republic News Agency reported. –0–
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