Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on the eve of his visit to Ukraine that life in Kyiv is “completely normal.”
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As reported by AFP, he said this on Tuesday, January 23, the day when Russia launched another massive missile strike on the capital and other cities of Ukraine.
When asked by journalists why the meeting with his Ukrainian colleague Denis Shmygal will take place on Wednesday, January 24, not in Kyiv, but in Uzhgorod, Fico said that this has nothing to do with security issues related to the Russian invasion.
There can be no compromise on territorial integrity. Neither Ukraine, nor Slovakia, nor any other country – this is how the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responded to the preliminary statement of the Slovak Prime Minister.
According to Fico, it is “unrealistic” for the Russian occupiers to leave Donbass and Crimea, so “there must be some kind of compromise.”
Ukraine and partners are making efforts to remove Russians from Crimea, Donbass and Lugansk, so that they do not go further, including to Kosice, Pryashevsky and other Slovak regions. Without security in Ukraine, there will be no security either in Slovakia or in Europe as a whole,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko.
Fico, on the eve of his arrival in Uzhgorod, said that the only way to end Russia’s war against Ukraine is to give up part of the Ukrainian territories to the invaders. He does not consider Ukraine a sovereign state and says Kyiv is under the control of the United States.
In addition, Fico will veto Ukraine’s path to NATO, since this is the basis for World War III. Fico also called the Ukrainian nation “one of the most corrupt in the world.”
On January 24, Fico is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Denis Shmygal in Uzhgorod. Fico is going there with humanitarian aid, but will tell Shmygal there that his country will not provide weapons.
Source: Racurs
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