Словакия готова принять от Венгрии эстафету по блокировке кредита Украине

Словакия вслед за Венгрией заявила, что заблокирует кредит Европейского Союза для Украины, если президент Владимир Зеленский не восстановит поставки нефти по нефтепроводу "Дружба".

Об этом премьер-министр Словакии Роберт Фицо заявил в видео, опубликованном на его странице в Facebook.

He said that at an upcoming meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen he intends to discuss the shutdown of the Druzhba pipeline.

According to him, Slovakia is ready to offer its services if, on the Ukrainian section of the pipeline, it is necessary to “tighten some screw.”

“But the main message will be that Slovakia is ready to take over the baton from Hungary if necessary,” Fico said.

He added that the EU loan for Ukraine in the amount of €90 billion is now effectively blocked.

“However, I’m not naive. The Ukrainian president has recently been talking about resuming supplies in a month to a month and a half—meaning after the elections in Hungary, where he is counting on the opposition to win. Then there will be no chance of oil from the East. Unless someone else takes over Hungary’s baton,” Fico said.

The prime minister also said that blocking this “huge military gift to Ukraine” is a legitimate tool to achieve the resumption of oil supplies, and that Zelensky is “capable of destroying the pipeline” and is hindering a peace agreement.

“Zelensky is constantly harming us and thinks he will force us to change our peaceful approach to ending the military conflict in Ukraine. He is absolutely mistaken,” Fico said.

As previously reported, Slovakia has terminated its contract with Ukrenergo under which Ukraine received emergency electricity supplies.