President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posted on the X social network a critical statement about Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his cooperation with Vladimir Putin.

"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. Fico's threats to cut off Ukraine's emergency power supply this winter while Russia attacks our power plants and energy grid can only be explained by this," he said Saturday.

The head of state recalled that the only reasons Ukraine now needs to import electricity are Russia's occupation of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and "its use of missiles and "Shahed" drones to purposefully destroy a large portion of Ukraine's heat and hydroelectric power generation."

Zelenskyy emphasized that thanks to the heroic efforts of Ukrainian energy workers and the life-saving cooperation with the EU, the United States, the UK, Norway, Japan, and other partners Ukraine have managed to prevent a blackout.

"And now Fico is dragging Slovakia into Russia's attempts to cause more suffering for Ukrainians," he said.

"We need to remind Fico of three things. First and foremost, supporting Russian aggression is completely immoral. Second, Fico's shortsighted policy has already deprived the Slovak people of compensation for losing Russian gas transit. It now risks depriving the Slovaks of another $200 million per year, which Ukraine pays for the imported electricity," the President of Ukraine said.

He added that the critical import does not come free, and the cost is significant.

"Third, everyone in Europe, including the people of Slovakia, will find it much more profitable from every perspective to work with neighbors and the EU to increase Europe's energy resource supply, including gas from America and other partners. Only this can reduce energy costs for the majority of families," Zelenskyy said.

According to him, Slovakia's share of Ukraine's electricity imports is roughly 19%.

The government of Ukraine is working with EU neighbors to sustain the required volumes of electricity supply. Slovakia is part of the single European energy market and Fico must respect common European rules, Zelenskyy stressed.

"Any arbitrary decisions in Bratislava or Moscow's orders to Fico regarding electricity cannot cut Ukraine's power supply, but they can certainly cut current Slovak authorities' ties to the European community," he said.

As reported, on December 27, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called the prospect of weakening Russia unrealistic, and the decision of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to stop the transit of Russian gas causing billions of dollars in damage to the European Union and Slovakia in particular.