Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will not visit Kyiv to discuss the halting of Russian gas transit through Ukraine, Tibor Gaspar, deputy-speaker of the Slovak Parliament told Russian state-controlled news agency TASS on Jan.

Zelenskiy, who had earlier accused Fico of opening a "second energy front" against Ukraine on the orders of Russia, replied to the letter succinctly. "Ok. Come to Kyiv on Friday," he said on social media platform X.

In January, Fico disputed the existence of war in Kyiv and said people are living normal lives. BRATISLAVA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacted swiftly to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's invitation to come to Slovakia for talks on gas transit, inviting Fico to Ukraine instead.

(Reuters) -Slovakia's opposition parties will call a no-confidence vote against the government, a party chief said on Tuesday, accusing Prime Minister Robert Fico of dragging foreign policy closer to Russia while failing to tackle problems at home.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to hold talks on resuming natural gas transit after a deal between Kyiv and Moscow expired at the start of this year.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has declined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's invitation to visit Kyiv for discussions on gas transit. Source: TASS, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet, citing Slovak Parliament Deputy Speaker Tibor Gašpar,

The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, will not travel to Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing Tibor Gaspar, Deputy Speaker of the Slovak Parliament, in his comment to the Russian state agency TASS.