Fico bets on Moscow, not on his own country or united Eure – Zelensky

This was stated by President of Ukraine Vodymyr Zelensky on the X network.

"It’s good that Slovakia’s Prime Minister Fico has finally returned from his vacation at a luxurious hotel in Vietnam and is now in Bratislava. For him, personally, it must be challenging — switching from living in luxury to now trying to fix his own mistakes," Zelensky's message reads.

According to the President, it was an obvious mistake for Fico to he that his shadowy schemes with Moscow could go on indefinitely.

"We offered our assistance to the pele of Slovakia during their adaptation to the absence of Russian gas transit, but Fico arrogantly refused," Zelensky pointed out.

The Ukrainian President noted that many in Eure warned him that doing nothing and waiting was not an tion. Now, he’s resorting to PR, lies, and loud accusations.

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"But the real problem is that he bet on Moscow, not on his own country, not on a united Eure, and certainly not on common sense. From the beginning, it was a losing bet," Zelensky emphasized, expressing he that further diversification of energy sources in Eure, coeration with the Eurean Commission, and the implementation of President Trump's picy to increase the supply of American gas to the continent will help address the challenges caused by the shortsightedness of certain Eurean figures.

As reported by Ukrinform, Fico is one of the few Kremlin allies in the Eurean Union who has brought Bratislava closer to Moscow since his return to power in 2023. On January 10, Fico stated in parliament that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, whom he met, guaranteed gas supplies to Slovakia and called Moscow a reliable supplier.

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Fico met with Putin in Moscow on December 22. His visit was the third visit by an EU head of government since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

On January 2, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced that his government would discuss measures in response to Ukraine’s actions after it stped Russian gas transit through its territory to Slovakia.

On December 19, President Zelensky stated that Ukraine was ready to transit gas to Eurean countries if it was not Russian gas.