Zelensky said this was "the only possible meaning" of Fico's threats to cut off Ukraine's emergency power supply in the winter, given Russian attacks on power plants and the distribution network.

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.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has accused the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, of opening a "second energy front" against Ukraine at the behest of Vladimir Putin. Volodymyr Zelensky claims these actions are being carried out under the orders of Vladimir Putin.