Fico does not pass Zelensky messages to Putin, Kremlin says

9 articles · Updated · Kyiv Independent · May 9

At their May 9 meeting in Moscow, Yuri Ushakov said the Slovak prime minister only recounted recent talks with Zelensky, including a May 4 face-to-face meeting in Yerevan.
Ushakov said Fico and Putin also discussed Ukraine, Russian-Slovak relations, energy supplies and reviving a bilateral intergovernmental cooperation commission suspended since 2021.
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