Slovakia rejects Ukraine’s admission into NATO, the PM Robert Fico said on the public radio. He pointed out that he was going to travel, on Wednesday, to Ukraine, to the border town of Uzhhorod, for discussions with his counterpart, Denîs Şmîhal. „I will tell him that we will block and express our veto for Ukraine’s accession to NATO because it would be nothing but the basis for a third world war”, said Fico, criticized by his opponents as „pro-Russian”. Slovakia, which has been a NATO member since 2004, has long been one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters in its defensive campaign against the Russian invasion launched in February 2022. However, after Prime Minister Fico’s left-wing nationalist government took over in October 2023, Slovakia decided to stop supplying Kyiv with weapons, although Bratislava continues to send demining systems and diesel generators in case of Russian attacks on power plants. At the 2023 Vilnius summit, NATO stated that Ukraine would be offered an invitation to join when the conditions allow it.
