Open Ukraine project, published by NV as its media partner. “It was known two years ago that starting Jan. 1, 2025, there would be no transit of Russian [natural] gas through Ukrainian territory,” Portnikov noted.

Robert Fico chooses Moscow instead of America and other partners who can provide his country with gas on commercial terms, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy replied on Telegram to the attacks of the Slovak Prime Minister.

The Moscow-friendly leader has been pushing Brussels hard to put more pressure on Ukraine over Russian energy supplies. View on euronews

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy critiques Slovak PM Fico's stance on Russian gas, advocating for European independence and stronger partnerships.

Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia have gathered at squares and street across the country to voice their opposition to the pro-Russia policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico

As Ukrinform reported earlier, Robert Fico recorded a video address to Volodymyr Zelensky inviting him to negotiations to discuss the issue of Russian gas transit Ukraine earlier stopped. Zelensky in response invited Fico to talks in Kyiv, but the Slovak Prime Minister never accepted it.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico discussed the potential for securing Russian gas through Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who pledged Ankara’s help in finding a solution with Moscow.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico rejected protesters' calls for his resignation on Saturday after tens of thousands demonstrated against his government's policy shift closer to Russia.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has sought the resumption of Russian gas transit through Ukraine, will discuss the issue with European Commission officials on Thursday, his office said on Tuesday.

Slovakia’s pro-Russian prime minister has raised the prospect of his country leaving the European Union and Nato, arguing that world events could consign them to the “history books”.

The latest wave of anti-government rallies was fuelled by Robert Fico’s recent trip to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Officials said nine people were killed, including three elderly married couples, and 13 people hurt when a Russian attack drone hit an apartment block in the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy. Later on Thursday, Russian shelling of the city of Kramatorsk in the eastern Donetsk region injured at least 13 people.