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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has announced that Slovakia will no longer provide military aid to Ukraine and will promote this stance at the European level. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has also opposed allocating additional money from the EU budget to Ukraine until a clear justification is provided. Despite criticism, Orban has still expressed hope that Hungary's assistance to Ukraine will continue. Slovakia has officially notified the EU that it will no longer provide military assistance to Ukraine. Both Hungary and Slovakia are against the allocation of a €50bn aid package to Ukraine from the EU fund. Fico has set conditions for approving the aid, demanding guarantees that EU payments to Ukraine will not be misappropriated due to corruption concerns.
⚡️Slovak PM Fico gives conditions for approval of Ukraine aid. Chief among the conditions that Slovakia's newly appointed Prime Minister Robert Fico cited in a post published on Oct. 27 was ensuring that EU funds, including those from Slovakia, would not be "misappropriated."
The Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sets conditions for allocating 50 billion euros to Ukraine. He demands guarantees that EU payments to Ukraine "will not be misappropriated" as Ukraine, in his words, is "one of the most corrupt countries in the world". In addition, he… https://t.co/41VacO6jRN https://t.co/YV403ISM3L
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico voiced objections to the EU's aid for Ukraine, while most of the bloc's leaders affirmed continued support during the Brussels summit on Oct. 26-27, Reuters reported. Read more: https://t.co/J3jK1SdiRf… https://t.co/JANusWkZk8 https://t.co/AHt0lZgVdf
Hungary and Slovakia are against the allocation of a €50bn aid package to Ukraine from the EU fund. According to Politico, citing an informed source in the EU diplomatic circles, this was not a surprise, as Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico had announced in advance that they would… https://t.co/5FzmOwQkBo https://t.co/0Mx5ctf2EY
Fico fulfills one of his election promises: Slovakia has officially notified the EU that it will no longer provide military assistance to Ukraine.
Orban against allocating additional money from the EU coffers Hungary will block Ukraine from allocating additional money from the EU budget until it receives a clear justification for what the money is needed for - Orban. https://t.co/UD02kGrFtK
Orban criticized the support for Ukraine, but he still helped it, said - Kaja Kalas, Prime Minister of Estonia. The Estonian Prime Minister also expressed hope that Hungary's assistance will continue. https://t.co/6B34G9xUXK
⚡️ Slovak PM Robert Fico rules out military aid for Ukraine. Slovakia's newly-appointed Prime Minister Robert Fico said his country would no longer send arms to Ukraine and vowed to promote this stance also on the European level, the Guardian reported on Oct. 26.