Slovakia ramps up anti-Zelenskyy rhetoric amid Russian gas transit spat

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Slovakia's prime minister claims Ukraine is jeopardising Europe's global competitiveness by refusing to allow Russia to export gas into the EU over its territory.

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00:00Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico threatened with reciprocal measures if Ukraine does not

00:07resume gas transit from Russia.

00:10Speaking at a press conference in Brussels after talks with European Commission officials,

00:15Fico said Slovakia could cut off humanitarian aid to Ukraine, stop its emergency electricity

00:20supplies and reduce or withdraw benefits for Ukrainian refugees.

00:47A pipeline that runs through Ukraine used to be one of the four networks through which

00:51Russian gas flowed to the European Union.

00:53Kyiv decided to halt this gas supply as a transit deal signed before the start of the

00:58war expired at the end of 2024.

01:03In a post on social media platform X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the decision

01:09to halt the transit means Moscow will lose what he says is one of its most profitable

01:13and geographically accessible markets.

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