The Ukrainian president in an angry post accused the Slovak prime minister, who visited Moscow, of wanting to “help” Russian President Vladimir Putin “get financial benefits to finance the war against Ukraine.”
Zelensky’s remarks come amid tensions over the transit of Russian gas to the EU.
Faced with Russian incursion for nearly three years, Ukraine announced last summer that it would not renew its contract with Russia until the end of the year to transport Russian gas to Europe through its extensive network of natural gas pipelines. .
Fico – a close friend of the Russian leader – whose country is heavily dependent on this energy transfer route, has criticized Kiev for this decision.
Zelensky’s angry post
However, the Slovak prime minister does not want to find solutions to replace Russian gas and ensure Europe’s “energy independence”, Zelensky accused him in his post.
This suggests that he “wants to help Putin make money to finance the war and weaken Europe,” the Ukrainian president wrote on X.
“We are losing people because of the war that Putin started and we believe that such assistance to Putin is immoral,” he said in his post.
Ficho’s “main goal” “is to have trade with Russia,” Zelensky continued. “Why is this leader so dependent on Moscow?” stressed the Ukrainian president, hinting that the Slovak prime minister might have been “paid”.
Fico, whose country is a member of the EU and NATO, is one of the few European leaders who remain close to Putin after the 2022 Russian invasion. The Slovak prime minister has decided to stop all military aid to Ukraine and is calling for peace talks.
