Slovakia will halt emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine starting February 23. This was announced by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, according to Ekonomichna Pravda. PromPolitInform reports.
“Starting today, a rule is in effect: if Ukraine asks Slovakia for assistance in stabilizing the Ukrainian power grid, it will not receive such assistance,” he stated.
“This is the first reciprocal step that the Slovak government is entitled to take without violating any international rules or obligations,” Fico stated.
“If Ukraine continues to harm Slovakia’s interests in the supply of strategic raw materials, the Slovak government will also reconsider its previous constructive positions regarding Ukraine’s membership in the European Union and prepare further measures,” Fico also stated.
This refers to the resumption of oil supplies to Slovakia through the Druzhba pipeline following the Russian attack on Brody on January 27, 2026. Fico claimed that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had cut off gas flows to Slovakia, “causing damages of 500 million euros per year.”
It was reported that in January 2026 alone, twice as many emergency supplies were needed to stabilize the Ukrainian energy grid as in all of 2025.
As a reminder:
Earlier, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico threatened to stop emergency electricity supplies if Ukraine did not resume oil supplies to Slovakia.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó stated that Budapest would block the EU’s adoption of the 20th package of sanctions against Russia, as Ukraine is allegedly deliberately failing to repair the Druzhba oil pipeline.
Hungary was also reportedly considering halting electricity and natural gas exports to Ukraine if Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline were not resumed.
