The official, who asked not to be named, said frankly, “We continue to demand sanctions against the Russian nuclear energy industry.” Slovak Prime Minister Roberto Fico was one of those who blocked these sanctions… and was [Ukraine’s] Also strive to join NATO.
Fico, who along with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has advocated closer ties with Moscow since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, accused Zelensky on Thursday of offering him “500 million euros in Russian assets” to Support Kyiv’s application to join the military alliance. “Of course, I say ‘never’,” the populist prime minister said he responded.
Ukrainian officials disputed the claims, saying Zelensky’s words were taken out of context and that he was justifying Slovakia’s search for alternative sources of gas, like other EU countries.
“It was then that Zelensky proposed to him an agreement with our partners and said that we would compensate Fico for his losses and in return he would help us maintain national security and support us and NATO,” he said ‘No,'” the Ukrainian official said.
Slovakia’s prime minister rejected proposals to transship any gas outside of Russia because revenue is clearly a national security priority, according to Ukrainian officials.
“Look, this has nothing to do with Fico’s safety,” the official said.
