Fico, Ukraine and Slovakia

Protesters say Fico dragging Slovakia to Russia in Ukraine gas dispute
Thousands of protesters in the Slovak capital held banners and chanted slogans on Friday accusing Prime Minister Robert Fico of dragging the country towards Russia after he met President Vladimir Putin last month amid a gas dispute with Ukraine.
Fico Says Slovakia Could Withhold Ukraine Aid Over Halted Gas Supply
However, Fico says it will cost Slovakia 1 billion euros ($1 billion) a year in higher prices for the gas it uses and 500 million euros in onward transit fees. He has threatened to cut emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine as Russia attacks its power grid,
Slovakia’s Fico Pushes EU to Help Restart Ukraine Gas Transit
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico said he wasn’t ruling out the resumption of gas through Ukraine after a deal between Kyiv and Moscow expired at the beginning of this year.
Putin promised to keep supplying Slovakia with gas, Fico says
Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Slovakia that Russia's Gazprom would find alternative ways to deliver contracted gas to Slovakia after the end of transit through Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday.
Slovakia Prime Minister threatens retaliation against Ukraine over Russian gas
The Nato alliance has been rocked by a warning from Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico who threatened to retaliate against Ukraine if a solution is not found to Kyiv's decision to shut off Russian
Slovakia’s Fico steps up anti-Ukraine rhetoric over gas cut-off
By Albin Sybera Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has stepped up his anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, saying that Slovakia could halt all its humanitarian aid for Ukraine and Ukrainians in Slovakia,

Ukraine, Olaf Scholz and Germany

Ukraine says it blew up a warehouse full of Russian recon drones with a homemade rework of a Neptune anti-ship missile
Russian forces have used reconnaissance drones to support their deep-strike operations in Ukraine. This has been a major ...
US hits Russian oil with toughest sanctions yet in bid to give Ukraine, Trump leverage
U.S. President Joe Biden's administration imposed its broadest package of sanctions so far targeting Russia's oil and gas ...
As U.S. announces new Ukraine aid package, Zelenskyy says send troops
Ukraine's leader says partners sending ground troops would help "force Russia into peace," as America's European allies ...
Biden says he did all he could to help Ukraine
US President Joe Biden has said he has done everything he could to help Ukraine. He has also expressed his hopes that the ...
Russia accuses Ukraine of striking supermarket in Donetsk
Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of carrying out a missile strike on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk ...
Biden administration announces its final military aid package for Ukraine before leaving office
The Biden administration has announced the final tranche of military aid it will send to Ukraine, amounting to about $500 ...
Zelenskyy and Austin use their final meeting to press Trump to keep supporting Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin used their final meeting in Germany to press ...
Opposition lawmakers in Ukraine begin push to oust energy minister
Ukrainian opposition parliamentarians said on Friday they were initiating a procedure to oust Energy Minister German ...
Ukraine says it attacked fuel depot serving Russian strategic bombers’ air base
Ukrainian drones struck deep inside Russia in an overnight attack targeting an oil facility serving a military airfield in ...
US will announce $500M in weapons to be sent to Ukraine
The U.S. is set to provide Ukraine an additional $500 million in weapons quickly pulled from its existing stockpiles as the ...