Slovakia calls on Ukraine to return €3.5bn in aid

Andrej Danko, photo: korrespondent.net

The Deputy Chairman of the National Council of Slovakia and leader of the Slovak National Party, Andrej Danko, said that Ukraine should return the aid provided by the previous Slovak government. According to him, this amount allegedly reaches 3.5 billion euros.

He said this in a video message posted on Facebook.

«How will Zelensky return the 3.5 billion euros we sent there?» said Andrej Danko.

In his speech, he also referred to the agreement between Ukraine and the United States on minerals, suggesting that Washington was trying to return the funds allocated by the previous US administration to help Kyiv.

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Andrej Danko noted that if Germany, France and the US demand a refund, then «Slovakia cannot remain silent».

In addition, the politician claims that «people's eyes are beginning to open» to the situation in Ukraine and states that the Russians «will remain in the positions they are in». He also accused Ukraine of receiving and allegedly embezzling international aid.

In his opinion, the war «will soon end», and the key question will be whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy will give Ukrainian resources to Donald Trump.

It should be noted that throughout the video, Andriy Danko did not mention the Russian invasion, referring to the war «as a conflict» or «events in Ukraine».

As a reminder, the European Union has offered Ukrainian officials an alternative deal on access to Ukraine's mineral resources amid Kyiv's negotiations on similar cooperation with the United States.