Slovakia's PM Robert Fico has accused Kyiv of harming Slovakia by not extending a gas transit deal with Russia to transport gas through Ukraine.
He has threatened to retaliate by cutting emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine or reducing aid for refugees.
Slovakia continues to receive gas via Hungary, which gets Russian gas through the TurkStream pipeline, following the halt of flows from Ukraine, according to Slovak gas transmission operator Eustream.
The TurkStream pipeline carries Russian gas from Türkiye into Europe, continuing through Bulgaria as the Balkan Stream.
While Bulgaria doesn't receive Russian gas, it transits the fuel to Serbia, Hungary, and Austria.
Fico claims the halt of Ukrainian transit has cost Slovakia 500 million euros in transit fees and an additional 1 billion euros in higher gas prices.
He is scheduled to meet European Commission officials in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the stoppage of Ukraine's gas transit.
Kyiv argues that ending gas transit cuts off revenue to Moscow as long as Russia continues its offensive against Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Fico of opening a "second energy front" against Ukraine under orders from Russia.
#gas #slovakia #russia #ukraine #putin #fico #energy
He has threatened to retaliate by cutting emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine or reducing aid for refugees.
Slovakia continues to receive gas via Hungary, which gets Russian gas through the TurkStream pipeline, following the halt of flows from Ukraine, according to Slovak gas transmission operator Eustream.
The TurkStream pipeline carries Russian gas from Türkiye into Europe, continuing through Bulgaria as the Balkan Stream.
While Bulgaria doesn't receive Russian gas, it transits the fuel to Serbia, Hungary, and Austria.
Fico claims the halt of Ukrainian transit has cost Slovakia 500 million euros in transit fees and an additional 1 billion euros in higher gas prices.
He is scheduled to meet European Commission officials in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the stoppage of Ukraine's gas transit.
Kyiv argues that ending gas transit cuts off revenue to Moscow as long as Russia continues its offensive against Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Fico of opening a "second energy front" against Ukraine under orders from Russia.
#gas #slovakia #russia #ukraine #putin #fico #energy
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00In the second breath I say very clearly, if this problem is not solved, the government
00:06of the Slovak Republic will shortly take tough reciprocal measures, which I will talk about
00:11in a moment.
00:12We can stop all humanitarian aid, even that which was recently approved by the government
00:17of the Slovak Republic, where we had on the table a list of demining equipment and other
00:22things that were intended as non-lethal aid for Ukraine.
00:26The government of the Slovak Republic will decide to significantly reduce or even completely
00:30withdraw the various benefits that citizens of Ukraine, who came to us after the start
00:35of the war on the territory of the Slovak Republic, receive.
00:39Yes, some may say that it is cruel what I am saying now, but it is also cruel what Zelensky
00:44is doing to us and what he is doing to the EU.
00:46It is damaging.
00:47It is cruel.