The pro-Ukrainian President of Slovakia Zuzana Caputova arrived in Kyiv on May 10 for a farewell visit.
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Today I arrived in Kyiv on a farewell visit. This is the fourth time during my tenure as president, the third time during the war. “I’m also here because I brought good news about Slovakia’s assistance to Ukraine,” Caputova wrote.
Let us recall that on April 6, Slovakia elected a new president, an ally of the anti-Ukrainian Prime Minister Fico, Peter Pellegrini.
He will take office in June.
“I come with a feeling of farewell from the presidency, and at the same time I am glad that I can bring good news from Slovakia regarding assistance to Ukraine,” she said during an overnight train ride from Rzeszow, Poland.
The more than 4 million euros collected by the Slovaks will be used to purchase more than 2,500 units of 122-mm artillery shells, which are in acute shortage on the Ukrainian front, which reflects the strong pressure of Russian military superiority.
Caputova will meet with President Vladimir Zelensky, other state representatives and ordinary people from different regions.
Her farewell trip stands in stark contrast to the position of the government, which has yet to decide to visit Kyiv during the Russian invasion and withdraw its military support for Ukraine. Prime Minister Robert Fico disparaged the Slovak collection of donations. His government cut off military aid immediately after taking office last fall.
Therefore, one of the slogans of the collection “Ammunition for Ukraine” is: “If the authorities don’t, then we send.”
Source: Racurs
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