Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday hosted Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to the Kremlin by an EU leader since Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday criticised what he said was Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's lack of desire to end his country's dependency on Russian natural resources as a "big security issue" for Europe and Slovakia.

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 23 accused Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico of undermining Europe's efforts to become independent of Russian gas and helping Moscow to fund its war against Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Monday, writing in his post on X, released also in Slovak, that Robert Fico (Smer-SD) "wants to assist Russia in pushing the American gas and energy resources of other partners away from Europe",

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the ... Fico becomes the third European leader to visit Russia since its invasion of Ukraine, following Austria’s Karl Nehammer and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán.

Russia said on Monday that the situation with European countries that buy its gas through a transit deal via Ukraine is very complicated and needs more attention, after talks between President Vladimir Putin and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Instead of entering into negotiations with Russia on gas supplies Lithuania will stand for its energy independence, President of Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda has said Monday.

North Korea is preparing to send to Russia more troops and weapons, including kamikaze drones, to support Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, South Korea’s military has claimed.North Korea has already provided 240mm multiple rocket launchers and 170mm self-propelled howitzers,

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sunday. The premier's trip came a little more than a week before the expiry of a transit contract between Moscow and Ukraine that allows about 15 billion cubic meters of Russian pipeline gas per year to be shipped to a number of European nations.

Fico’s views on Russia’s war on Ukraine differ sharply from most other European leaders. Slovakia's prime minister returned to power last year after his leftist party won parliamentary elections on a pro-Russia and anti-American platform.

( MENAFN - UkrinForm) Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said that Prague's decision to suspend government consultations with Slovakia proves to be correct after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's recent visit to Moscow and meeting with“mass murderer” Vladimir Putin.