Ukraine's Foreign Ministry summoned Slovak Ambassador Pavel Vizdal on Jan. 30 to express its rejection of Bratislava's claims that Kyiv is interfering in Slovakia's internal affairs. This comes amid tensions between Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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.

Ukraine is ready to consider the possibility of cooperating with European operators on gas transit to the EU, but it is the European Commission that must decide whether the European side needs such transit and whether it is ready to provide it.

Ukraine and Slovakia are embroiled in a diplomatic tussle over the halted Russian gas transit to Europe. Ukraine rebukes Slovakia's Prime Minister Fico, labeling him a Russian 'mouthpiece'. The discord escalates,

A significant part of the electricity imported by Ukraine from Europe comes from Czech generating facilities. — Ukrinform.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is facing declining public trust and protests over his pro-Russian policies, has increasingly portrayed Ukraine as an adversary, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on January 29.

Slovakia and Ukraine are embroiled in a diplomatic dispute following Slovakia's protest against Ukrainian remarks. The row intensified after Slovakia accused Ukraine of propaganda and Ukraine ceased Russian gas transit to Slovakia.

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.

The country?s membership in the European Union is also unlikely, Slovakia?s Robert Fico has said Ukraine will never join NATO, and its bid

Simecka said in a separate statement that he believed Ukraine was ready to negotiate over the issue, adding: "That is exactly what I am calling on Robert Fico to do now". Russian gas flows to Europe via Ukraine ended at the start of the year after the ...

Vladimir Putin’s forces are focusing on attacking on the outskirts of a key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk amid reports of heavy troop losses.Around half of Russian attacks across the 620-mile front have focused on the area around the city,