Putin, Slovak leader hold a 'working visit' | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Fico said on Facebook after meeting with Putin that he informed European Union leaders about his trip on Friday.
54% : The official, Andriy Kovalenko of the Council of National Security and Defense, claimed the Oryol fuel depot supplies Russian forces fighting in Ukraine and southern Russia, including the Kursk province where Ukrainian troops have dug in after a lightning incursion in August.
43% : Since then, he has ended his country's military aid for Ukraine, lashed out at EU sanctions on Russia and vowed to block Ukraine from joining NATO.
41% : Orbán, widely seen as having the warmest relations with Putin among EU leaders, has routinely blocked, delayed or watered down EU efforts to assist Kyiv and impose sanctions on Moscow for its actions in Ukraine.
41% : The Slovakian prime minister returned to power last year after his leftist party Smer (Direction) won parliamentary elections on a pro-Russia and anti-American platform.
38% : At a summit in Brussels on Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told EU leaders that Kyiv has no intention of renewing the deal, something Fico insisted will harm his country's interests.

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