Newly appointed Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will not back further military aid to Ukraine nor support further sanctions against Russia at a European Union summit, Slovak media cited him as saying. Fico, a three-time prime minister last in power in 2018 and appointed for a fourth time this week, told a parliamentary committee he would not support military aid for Kyiv as he was heading for an EU leaders summit in Brussels on October 26-27. Fico campaigned heavily in a September election on pledges to halt military aid to Ukraine, make foreign policy independent, and protect borders from illegal migrants.
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