Slovakia has rejected Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's accusation that Prime Minister Robert Fico had opened a "second energy front" against Kyiv on the orders of Russia as a gas transit dispute deepened between the countries.

President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico recent threats to cut off Ukraine's emergency power supply in the winter, saying that it appears he has been acting on Russian President Vladimir Putin's orders.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has offered his country as a meeting place for possible talks on ending the war in Ukraine. "If anyone turns to us and is interested in organizing peace talks in Slovakia about the conflict between Ukraine and Russia,

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.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, commenting on the meeting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico with the leader of the aggressor state russia, vladimir putin,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's threats to shut off electricity supply to Ukraine due to Kyiv's decision to suspend Russian gas transit after 2024.

Threats of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will not stop electricity imports to Ukraine. Instead, his policy could harm Slovakia itself, believes President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “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.