FICO SLAMS ZELENSKY: NATO Ally Threatens to Switch Off Ukraine Power Over Oil Row | Times Now World

Описание: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico escalated a diplomatic row with Kyiv on Wednesday, threatening to terminate emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine if the transit of Russian crude oil via the Druzhba pipeline is not immediately restored. Fico accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of "political blackmail" for allegedly stalling repairs on the pipeline following a January drone strike, a move the Slovak leader claims is intended to pressure Bratislava over its opposition to Ukraine’s EU ambitions. With Slovakia declaring a state of oil emergency and releasing 250,000 tonnes of state reserves to maintain domestic fuel production, the standoff threatens to strip Ukraine of nearly 19% of its power imports during a critical winter period, signaling a widening fracture in European energy solidarity.

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