Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine's capital Kyiv this Friday, responding to his offer of talks to try to resolve a spat over the end of Russian gas deliveries.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has invited Volodymyr Zelensky to meet on Slovak territory near the border with Ukraine to discuss the issue of Russian gas transit. In a Facebook post on Monday, Fico argued that Slovakia has “demonstrated and continues to demonstrate significant solidarity with your citizens,

Fico said Putin guaranteed that Russia would meets its obligations, although capacity in the TurkStream pipeline and connecting route taking Russian gas through Turkey to Europe was limited. "President Putin guaranteed that they will honour their commitments," Fico said.