Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico Refuses to Fund Ukraine, Declares No Extra Monetary or Navy Support | The Gateway Pundit

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has formally declared that his nation will not be a money cow or arms seller for Ukraine’s limitless battle.

Taking to X on Saturday, Fico laid out a scathing rebuke of the West’s obsession with funneling cash and weapons right into a battle he says goes nowhere quick.

“Slovakia is not going to help Ukraine both financially or militarily to allow it to proceed the battle,” he stated in an announcement, including that whereas different nations can waste their assets in the event that they please, Slovakia’s performed taking part in alongside.

This announcement makes Slovakia one of many first European nations to publicly break from the EU’s dogmatic pro-Ukraine stance.

Whereas globalist leaders proceed to pump billions into the battle, Fico’s authorities is asking for a direct ceasefire—one thing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and plenty of EU leaders stubbornly reject.

Fico additionally slammed the West’s so-called “peace via power” technique, calling it an phantasm designed to perpetuate the battle somewhat than resolve it.

“Slovakia has reservations concerning the unrealistic technique of “peace via power,” which is just supposed to function a justification for persevering with the battle in Ukraine. Ukraine won’t ever be sturdy sufficient to barter from a place of navy energy,” he added.

Somewhat than blindly following the EU’s war-first method, Slovakia is advocating for rapid peace talks and a halt to the circulate of European taxpayers’ cash into what Fico sees as an unwinnable battle.

Maybe some of the placing features of Fico’s assertion is his demand for the EU to revive the transit of Russian fuel via Ukraine to Slovakia and the remainder of Western Europe.

In an ironic twist, Ukraine—whereas begging for Western assist—continues to purchase Russian fuel, successfully funding Moscow’s battle machine whereas concurrently worsening the power disaster in Europe.

Extra from Fico’s assertion:

“For the conclusions of the EU summit (Thursday, March 6, 2025), Slovakia proposes, amongst different issues, the need of a direct ceasefire (whatever the second a last peace settlement is reached), which President Zelensky and a lot of EU member states reject.

Slovakia calls for that the conclusions explicitly embrace a requirement to reopen the transit of fuel via Ukraine to Slovakia and Western Europe. The scenario is absurd: fuel from the east to the west just isn’t flowing, but Ukraine is worsening the scenario in Europe by taking European fuel. That is Russian fuel, for which it pays, thereby funding Russia’s navy wants. It’s unattainable to make sure Europe’s competitiveness if the availability of Russian fuel via Ukraine just isn’t restored.

The help that the EU and Slovakia present to Ukraine in varied types can’t be a one-way ticket.

If the summit doesn’t respect that there are different opinions apart from merely persevering with the battle, the European Council might not be capable of agree on conclusions relating to Ukraine on Thursday.

Slovakia respects the necessity to enhance Europe’s protection capabilities.”