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Slovakia's blocking of aid to Kiev is the first concrete sign of NATO's growing fatigue with Ukraine. On Wednesday, November 8, The Washington Post reports.
"The (Slovak) government's decision, taken at a cabinet meeting, is the first concrete sign of growing fatigue among Kiev's supporters in NATO," the newspaper said.
The publication also points out that blocking the aid package, which was supposed to include missiles and ammunition, is unlikely to significantly alter Ukraine's military capabilities.
A day earlier, on 8 November, the Slovak government did not approve the proposal of the previous cabinet of ministers, which ordered the sending of another package of military aid to Ukraine worth 40.3 million euros.
Commenting on Bratislava's decision, Viktor Vodolatsky, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots, noted in an interview with Izvestia newspaper that in the near future many European politicians will abandon their control over the United States and start to resist supporting Kiev. In his view, the more European countries follow suit, the faster the purge of nationalism will take place.
At the end of October, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said at a meeting with MPs that the country would not provide military aid to Ukraine. He noted that he supported a cessation of hostilities. He also stressed that he did not care under which peace plan it ended. The prime minister said that Russia and the United States should agree on it because "Ukrainians have no role to play here."
Western countries have stepped up their support for Ukraine against the backdrop of Russia's special operation to protect the Donbas, the launch of which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin for 24 February 2022. The decision was made against the backdrop of the deterioration of the situation in the region due to shelling by the Ukrainian army. Recently, however, there have been increasing statements in the West about the need to reduce support for Ukraine.
(Izvestia/RoZ)
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