Slovakia is considering further retaliatory measures against Ukraine after the country withdrew from a contract with Russia’s Gazprom, resulting in Bratislava facing gas supply outages. Earlier, Prime Minister Robert Fico threatened to cut off emergency power supplies to Ukraine. He now says, among other things: Regarding the suspension of humanitarian aid.
Slovak Prime Minister Roberto Fico announced on Thursday that he is considering suspending humanitarian aid to Ukraine if a common solution to the problem of blocking Russian gas transit through Kiev is not reached. .
The declaration was made shortly after a meeting between the Slovak government’s head of government and European Commission Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen. Fico also accused Ukrainian authorities of harming Slovakia by not extending the agreement with Russia from the new year.
Robert Fico is blackmailing Ukraine. I want to secure gas supply
In addition to suspending humanitarian aid and previously threatening to cut off emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine, Fico has also threatened to cut off humanitarian aid and previously threatened to cut off emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine. He also said he would consider whether to veto the bill.
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As he once again pointed out, Slovakia will bear huge financial costs as a result of the decisions of the Ukrainian authorities. The suspension of Russian gas transit through Ukraine is expected to cost Bratislava 500 million euros in transit fees and increase gas import costs by 1 billion euros.
Slovakia and the European Commission jointly announced that they have agreed to establish a working group to assess the situation and identify what support the European Union can offer FICA countries.
Russian gas transport via Ukraine ends
Exports of Russian gas to Europe ended on January 1, when the transit agreement between Ukraine and Russia’s Gazprom expired. Kiev refused to renegotiate the agreement that would provide revenue to Russia to finance the war.
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Last year, Slovakia tried unsuccessfully to extend the transit agreement and considered solutions such as purchasing and taking ownership of the gas before it reaches Ukraine for transit.
However, Fico said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had ended the chances of reaching an agreement at December’s EU summit.
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