In a comment to the Czech news agency CTK on Friday, January 3, the Slovak state-run power grid operator SEPS said electricity supplies to Ukraine will not be stopped, and that SEPS will adhere to the contracts concluded with its Ukrainian counterpart, Ukrenergo.

Under the slogan "Slovakia is Europe! - We've had enough of Russia!" Slovakian supporters of Ukraine demonstrated in Bratislava on Friday against Prime Minister Robert Fico. The protest rally in front of the government office was called by the citizens' initiative "Mier Ukrajine" (Peace for Ukraine),

Robert Fico sharply responded to criticism from the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, and threatened to stop supplying electricity to Ukraine. He stated this in his address on social networks.

Zelensky said this was "the only possible meaning" of Fico's threats to cut off Ukraine's emergency power supply in the winter, given Russian attacks on power plants and the distribution network.

As Ukrinform previously reported, on Friday, December 27, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated that his country might consider countermeasures if Ukraine halts the transit of Russian gas starting January 1, 2025. One option he mentioned was ceasing electricity supply to Ukraine, which the country critically needs.

Slovakia's state-controlled transmission system operator SEPS said it will continue supplying electricity to Ukraine as part of an emergency assistance contract.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico described Ukraine's halt of the transit of gas supplied from Russia to the EU as "Zelensky's sabotage." In a video released on Thursday, he again threatened to cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine and discussed the possibility of reducing support for Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia.