Ukraine has been accused of “sabotage” for cutting off Russian gas being piped to Europe. The move by Ukraine had been long expected. But Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has reacted angrily and is now threatening to retaliate.

Slovakia, which relies on Russian gas supplied via a gas transit through Ukraine, has been irked by Kyiv’s declaration that it will not renew the deal with Moscow due to the ongoing war. Robert Fico a

Prime Minister Robert Fico said in a video message that his Smer party would consider cutting electricity supplies to Ukraine, adding that a Slovak delegation would discuss the situation in Brussels next Tuesday.

It appears that Putin gave Fico the order to open the second energy front against Ukraine at the expense of the Slovak people’s interests,' Zelenskyy wrote on X.

Slovakia's coalition government will discuss retaliatory measures to take against Ukraine after it halted the flow of Russian gas through its territory to Slovakia, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday.

Slovakia's coalition government is considering potential retaliatory actions against Ukraine following that country's decision to halt the transit of Russian gas to Slovakia through its territory. Prime Minister Robert Fico announced that his Smer party is contemplating a range of responses,

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has criticized Ukraine's decision to halt the transit of gas supplied from Russia to the EU, calling it "Zelensky's sabotage." In a video released on Thursday, he reiterated his threat to cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine and discussed possibly reducing support for Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia.