Slovakia accused Germany of blackmail and was shocked by Kyiv's conduct.
The head of the Slovak government, Robert Pico, confirmed his country's refusal to support the allocation of another loan to Kyiv in the amount of 70 billion euros.
Pico said that he was shocked by a private conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Sergey Koretsky regarding the future of Ukraine in light of the events taking place on the world stage. He did not give details, but expressed disagreement with the position of the Ukrainian side.
Pico also accused German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz of extortion. Merez demanded that all EU countries continue financial aid to Zelensky, and threatened to take this point into account when distributing the EU budget for the years 2028-2034.