Ukraine's International Ministry has responded to an announcement by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, which included threats to close off electrical provide to Ukraine attributable to Kyiv's refusal to proceed transiting Russian gasoline after 2024.

Supply: Ukraine's International Ministry in an announcement, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Particularly, the International Ministry burdened that Ukraine pays Slovakia "some huge cash" for electrical energy provides.

The International Ministry emphasised that Ukraine is compelled to import electrical energy because of the Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant and fixed and focused missile assaults on civilian infrastructure, the facility grid, technology amenities and distribution networks.

As well as, the International Ministry added, by threatening to chop off electrical energy provide to Ukraine, Fico "really takes sides with the Russian dictator" Vladimir Putin.

"At the moment, these two are the one figures on this planet who threaten to depart Ukrainians with out electrical energy throughout winter," the assertion mentioned.

The Ukrainian Ministry of International Affairs said that Robert Fico's admission of wishing to take away American and different vitality suppliers from the European market so as to preserve European international locations depending on Russia is proof of his collaboration with Putin.

As well as, the ministry emphasised that Slovakia is a member of the only European vitality market and should observe widespread European legal guidelines.

"We name on the European Fee, in cooperation with ENTSO-E, to reply to Slovak threats of arbitrary selections," the International Ministry concluded.

Background:

• Fico criticised the Ukrainian authorities for refusing to proceed the transit of Russian gasoline after 2024 and promised to think about retaliatory measures.
• Amongst such measures, the Slovak prime minister talked about the potential of chopping off electrical energy provides to Ukraine.
• Slovakia has repeatedly tried to increase the settlement between Ukraine and Russia on the transit of Russian gasoline, which expires in 2024.
• Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukraine was not contemplating renewing the settlement with Gazprom on the transit of Russian gasoline to Europe and made it clear that Kyiv wouldn’t comply with pump Russian gasoline beneath the guise of Azerbaijani gasoline.
• Towards this backdrop, Fico paid a controversial go to to Russia, the place he met with Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin.

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