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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has warned that attempts to further escalate the war in Ukraine could lead to a direct conflict between NATO and Russia.
Fico said Slovakia would not send troops to Ukraine and would not support what he described as an “irresponsible military adventure.”
The Slovak prime minister, who has led the government for an extended period, has maintained relations with Russia and refused to provide military assistance to Ukraine. This week, he said Europe was closer than ever to a large-scale war stemming from the conflict in Ukraine.
In a video address posted on social media, Fico said Western support for Ukraine was “pouring fuel on the fire” and had failed to produce results.
“We are facing a deadly threat,” Fico said.
According to Fico, the “failure” of the strategy to defeat Russia through the war in Ukraine had prompted some Western politicians to make every effort to provoke a conflict between NATO and Russia when the objective could not be achieved through the Ukrainian army and full support for it.
Fico stressed that the war in Ukraine was neither Slovakia’s war nor NATO’s war. He said some “pro-war” figures within NATO were seeking by any means to turn the conflict into a confrontation between Russia and NATO.
At the same time, some European leaders, including those from France and Poland, have warned of hybrid attacks allegedly carried out by Russia.
NATO has repeatedly said it is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine, while providing political and military support to Kyiv. Russia has criticized such assistance and described NATO’s involvement as a threat to its security.
