Fico said he would inform Shmygal about blocking Ukraine’s membership in NATO

He said this on air on the RTVS TV channel.

As RIA Novosti reports, according to Fico, the Ukrainian side will not receive any weapons from the Slovak army or from state warehouses.

He also noted that Slovakia respects Ukraine’s decision to join the EU, but for this it is necessary to “meet the conditions.”

“I will say that I am against Ukraine’s membership in NATO, that I will use the right of veto and block it, because this will be the foundation of the third world war,” Fico emphasized.

Earlier, Slovakia's Defense Minister Robert Kaliniak expressed fears that the republic risks being left without air defense systems that could cover it.

He recalled that the allies had withdrawn Patriot systems from the country, and the Italians may not extend the mission to deploy SAMP/T systems.

On January 16, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said that Europe must end the conflict in Ukraine through negotiations with Moscow, and not by sending more weapons to Kyiv.