Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said that stopping gas transit through Ukraine to Slovakia could result in a serious conflict.

"If Zelenskyy does not let our gas through, a serious conflict could arise. Why should it only go from us there? Why can't there be some kind of solidarity towards us?" Fico said on Facebook.

As reported, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on December 19 that Ukraine would not be involved in continuing the transit of Russian gas. At the same time, he noted that in a conversation with the Prime Minister of Slovakia, he said that if it was not Russian gas, but gas from another country, and there was no payment to the Russian Federation until the end of the war, Ukraine was ready to consider this option.

In September 2024, the Hungarian MOL Group announced an agreement with Russian oil suppliers and pipeline operators to ensure its transportation via the Druzhba pipeline through Belarus and Ukraine to Hungary and Slovakia.

Last week, Fico said Slovakia would hold a series of "extremely intensive negotiations at different levels and in different countries" starting this week to secure gas supplies from Russia after its current transit contract, which includes Ukraine, expires at the end of this year. The talks will involve the European Commission, Ukraine and EU member states, according to Slovakia's Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Denisa Sakova.

Fico said Slovakia would like to see cheaper supplies from the east continue.