Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has warned that Slovakia will halt emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine on Monday if Kyiv does not resume oil transit through the Druzhba pipeline.

Axar.az reports that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, posting on his Facebook account, stated that "If oil supplies to Slovakia will not be restored on Monday, I will ask SEPS, state a.s., to stop emergency supplies of electricity to Ukraine.”

Fico criticized Ukraine for halting gas and oil flows, saying:

"The Ukrainian president does not want to understand our peaceful approach and treats Slovakia maliciously. First he stopped gas flows to Slovakia, causing €500 million euros per year in damage. Now he has halted oil flows, causing us even greater damage and logistical difficulties.”

Slovakia has hosted about 180,000 Ukrainians, provided humanitarian aid, and increased emergency electricity deliveries to Ukraine, which in January 2026 were needed twice as often as in all of 2025. Fico emphasized that relations cannot be a “one-way ticket” benefiting only Ukraine and cited Ukraine’s hostile actions, including exclusion from a €90 billion military loan, as justification for his firm stance.

Hungary and Slovakia have also suspended diesel exports to Ukraine pending the resumption of Russian oil via Druzhba. The European Commission encourages Ukraine to restore pipeline operations, but security concerns over potential Russian attacks make the decision ultimately Ukraine’s.

Ukraine maintains that the pipeline disruption is due to Russian shelling on January 27 and rejected accusations of delaying supplies.