Ukrainian Foreign Ministry responds to Slovak minister's statement about ‘forgiving Russia:’ Russia to slap you on other cheek as well

13:46, 30.06.2025 1 min read

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha responded to the statement of the Slovak Foreign Minister about a possible "forgiveness of Russia," emphasizing that impunity is the main cause of crimes.

“Russia's sense of impunity is the root cause of its crimes. It's naive to expect a criminal to stop if their crime is forgiven instead of punished. Russia will hit your other cheek as well. And those who have lost no one in this war have no right to make such statements,” Sybiha wrote on X.

Earlier, Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar said on the STVR channel that the West should seek opportunities to restore communication with Russia within the framework of international law and "maybe even forgive everything that happened."