Prime Minister Robert Fico said he had secured Slovakia's gas supply during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last month, shortly before Ukraine cut off gas from Russia earlier this year.
"I had to provide the minimum amount of gas needed for internal consumption in Slovakia, which we have achieved," said Mr. Fico in a video posted on Facebook. The Slovak prime minister did not provide further details, while government officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Fico has accused Kiev of hurting Slovakia by not extending a transit deal for Russian gas that expired at the end of 2024. He has threatened to cut the level of electricity going to Ukraine and cut aid to refugees. Ukrainian.
According to data from the Slovak operator of the gas transmission network "Eustream", Slovakia has continued to receive gas coming via Hungary, which is supplied with Russian gas via the "Turk Stream" pipeline, since the ban on flows from Ukraine.
Fico said the ban on gas from Ukraine has cost his country about 500 million euros in transit fees and 1 billion euros in higher gas prices. He will meet European Commission officials in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the ban on gas transit from Ukraine.
Kiev has said the ban on gas transit hurts Moscow economically as long as Russia continues to attack Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Prime Minister Fico of launching a "second energy front" against Ukraine at the behest of Russia. VOA (A2 Televizion)
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