Slovakia has till now been a staunch supporter of Kyiv since Russia invaded in February final 12 months, donating arms and opening its borders for refugees fleeing the conflict.
Slovakia’s new Prime Minister, Robert Fico, introduced on Thursday that he would cease delivering arms to Ukraine, limiting assist for his neighbour to “humanitarian and civilian support”.
“We see support to Ukraine solely as humanitarian and civilian support, and we’ll not provide Ukraine with arms”, Fico declared, the day after his appointment as head of a coalition authorities that features a pro-Russian far-right get together.
“The conflict in Ukraine shouldn’t be ours, now we have nothing to do with it”, he added.
In his view, “a direct halt to navy operations is the most effective resolution for Ukraine. The EU ought to transfer from being an arms provider to a peacemaker”.
The Kremlin instantly reacted to this announcement, taking part in down its significance.
“Slovakia’s share of arms deliveries [to Kyiv] was certainly not that nice, and that’s the reason this may hardly have an effect on the entire course of”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov instructed the press, earlier than as soon as once more accusing the USA of fuelling the battle by serving to Ukraine.
Throughout his statements to MEPs, Fico additionally introduced that he wouldn’t assist new sanctions in opposition to Russia “till now we have analysed their impression on Slovakia”.
“If such sanctions are going to hurt us, as is the case with most sanctions, I see no cause to assist them”, he insisted.
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