As of February 23, 2026, Slovakia has ceased emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine. This was announced by the country’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, who emphasized that from now on, assistance in response to Ukrainian requests for support in stabilizing the energy grid will no longer be provided.
This is reported by Finway
Conditions and Reasons for the Slovak Government’s Decision
Robert Fico stated that this decision is the first reciprocal step that the Slovak government is fully entitled to take without violating any international obligations. He also stressed that if Ukraine continues actions that, according to the Slovak side, harm their interests in the supply of strategic raw materials, the Slovak government is prepared to change its constructive position regarding Ukraine’s European integration and to prepare appropriate measures.
“From today, the rule is in effect: if the Ukrainian side requests assistance from Slovakia to stabilize the Ukrainian energy grid, such assistance will not be provided,” he announced on Facebook.
Context of Energy Cooperation and Consequences
Fico’s statement came against the backdrop of recent events related to the resumption of oil supplies to Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, which had been halted following a Russian shelling of Brody on January 27, 2026. Furthermore, the Prime Minister of Slovakia accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of halting the gas flow to Slovakia, which, according to him, resulted in annual losses of 500 million euros for the Slovak side.
According to the Slovak government, in January 2026 alone, the volume of emergency electricity supplies to support the Ukrainian energy system was twice as high as for the entire year of 2025. The further development of the situation will depend on the subsequent actions of both sides in the energy and strategic raw materials sectors.