Slovakia is ready to oppose a new EU sanctions package against Russia but has stated it will not block the approval of a €90 billion loan for Ukraine.

Slovakia has signaled a willingness to maintain close ties with Hungary following a major political shift in Budapest.

Ukraine expects to complete repairs on the Druzhba oil pipeline this spring, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, as tensions continue over energy transit routes involving Europe.

Donald Tusk said Poland, along with Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, and Slovakia, is pressing the European Union to continue providing free carbon permits to industries, aiming to curb rising energy costs.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says he has access to satellite imagery showing that the Druzhba oil pipeline running through Ukraine has not been significantly damaged, contradicting Kyiv’s earlier claims.

After a phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed on social media X that Ukraine seems uninterested in resuming oil transit to Slovakia.

Hungary and Slovakia have agreed to form a joint committee to investigate damage to the Druzhba pipeline in Ukraine, calling on Kyiv to grant access and resume Russian oil flows.

Slovakia has halted electricity supplies to Ukraine, according to Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Hungary will block the European Union's next package of sanctions against Russia, the foreign minister said on Sunday, the latest step aimed at pushing Ukraine to resume the flow of Russian oil through a pipeline supplying Hungarian refineries.

The European Union has yet to finalize its 20th sanctions package against Russia, as envoys failed to reach a consensus on proposed measures, diplomats said on February 20. The new package could include a broad maritime services ban targeting Russian crude oil exports.