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The unannounced pre-Christmas assembly between Fico and Putin was reported on the time as an try by the Slovak chief to discover a manner round Kyiv’s refusal to increase Russian fuel deliveries to Bratislava following the expiry of an current contract on the finish of 2024.
No point out was then made from brokering peace talks, though Fico later said in a social media publish that “throughout a protracted dialog with V. Putin we did change opinions on the navy state of affairs in Ukraine [and] on the probabilities of bringing the warfare to a peaceable finish.”
Slovak opposition chief Michal Šimečka instructed native media that if Fico desires peace between Russia and Ukraine he ought to get Putin to finish the warfare: “If Russia’s navy ceases its assaults, they [Fico and Putin] are welcome to speak peace on Fico’s porch in the event that they like.”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in the meantime, famous on X following the assembly between Fico and Putin that the 2 “didn’t subject joint statements or reply to media questions,” alleging it was as a result of “they’re afraid of the general public’s response.”
“Why is that this chief [Fico] so depending on Moscow?” Zelenskyy requested. “What is being paid to him, and what does he pay with?”
