The populist left-winger won September’s general election, pledging during the campaign to discontinue the military aid given to Ukraine by previous governments.
Slovak premier Robert Fico said Friday that the Ukraine war risks lasting until 2030 if peace talks are not started.
The populist left-winger won September’s general election, pledging during the campaign to discontinue the military aid given to Ukraine by previous governments.
“This conflict is frozen, it is in a state wherein it may last until 2029 or 2030,” Fico told reporters in Prague after meeting his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala.
“It is better to lead talks for 10 years in peace or with suspended combat operations than to go to the negotiations table after 10 years without any result, only to find out that we have another 500 or 600 thousand dead,” he added.
Fico’s three-party cabinet comprising far-right ministers has already blocked a 40.3-million-euro ($44-million) military aid package to Ukraine planned by the previous administration.
The Czech Republic and Slovakia both accepted thousands of Ukrainian war refugees, but have now split over whether to continue military aid.
“I am convinced it still makes sense because Ukraine needs our help for its courageous struggle,” said the Czech Republic’s Fiala.
Fico insisted that while his country would not provide Ukraine with further military aid, it would not object to others offering it.
“If the Czech Republic or any other country in the world or Europe decides to provide Ukraine with military aid, we won’t condemn anyone.”
The recent Slovak election campaign was marred by disinformation largely focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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“It is better to lead talks for 10 years in peace or with suspended combat operations than to go to the negotiations table after 10 years without any result, only to find out that we have another 500 or 600 thousand dead,” he added.
BS. There is nothing to negotiate, you don’t negotiate with a criminal who breaks into your home, you get him removed, any way possible.
I don’t understand how people vote for shit heads like this.
The Dutch amazed me by voting for Wilders. You can’t blame Wilders for getting elected, but the Dutch public need to visit the coffee shops less frequently.
I could be missing something here. Wilder and his party have about 25% of the seats in the parliament. In order for Wilder to become PM there would need to be an additional 26% or more to back Wilder. He will need to compromise to get the seat. I think I’m not sure what the general Dutch attitude is towards the hard right.
The opposition could effectively block Wilders from doing anything against Ukraine, but the fact he got so many votes is unbelievable.
Putler plan: destabilize the M.E. , Africa, Central Asia etc; cause mass illegal immigration to take advantage of liberal democracies’s hopeless asylum policies.
Result :
Election of cunts like Orban, Fico, Wilders and the threat of election of Le Pen, AfD etc.
All of whom dream of nothing but rimming the rat nazi.
Theories about how long the war will last are a dime a dozen. Anyone making predictions is a fool. This war could be over in early 2024 with the right equipment for the AFU.
“The populist left-winger”
I’m surprised that Slovakia elected a commie like this. Does no one in Slovakia remember the Soviet occupation?
Well, at least the neighboring Czechs remember. That is why they crowd-purchased a 4 million dollar UH-60 for Ukraine.
I think most would be surprised at the capabilities of the putinaZis to manipulate elections and then use their agents in media and politics to rubbish anyone that calls foul.
Would Trumpkov really been elected without putinaZi interference? I know that Hillary was an exceptionally unappetising candidate, but still…..
The putinaZis nearly gerrymandered Yanukovich into power in 2004 and succeeded in 2010 with the help of trickery from Trump’s close friend Manafort.
Hillary was the primary reason Trump won in ’16.
With the shitty western support Ukraine will never ‘defeat’ RuSSia.
With or without Western support, Ukraine has no other option but to fight.
I don’t see it lasting another year.