Slovak president opposes EU-funded military aid to Ukraine, as "it only prolongs war"

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has spoken out against the use of European Union funds for military aid to Ukraine, arguing that such support merely prolongs the war.

Source: Pellegrini in an interview with STVR, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Commenting on Slovakia's stance on the use of frozen Russian assets, Pellegrini urged Europe to "speed up and support US efforts so that they can sit down at the negotiating table with Vladimir Putin as soon as possible and put an end to this war".

Quote: "Because I believe that if we send Ukraine tens or hundreds of billions more just to buy weapons and military equipment, we are only prolonging the conflict, which has devastating consequences for Ukraine."

More details: Pellegrini said such large sums should instead be spent on Ukraine's post-war reconstruction "to help this country recover, to restore its electricity supply and to rebuild all the destroyed buildings and destroyed cities".

Quote: "I believe this will be a better and more effective use of money for the people of Ukraine than continuing military operations with such huge injections, because today it is obvious to everyone that Ukraine, given the huge army and determination of the Russian military, is simply not able to win this war and push it off its territory."

Background:

• The EU is currently discussing two options on financing Ukraine in 2026-2027. One proposal suggests using proceeds from frozen Russian assets in the EU to provide Ukraine with a "reparations loan".
• Even before the new proposal was announced, Belgium called it absolutely unacceptable.
• Hungary has blocked the adoption of a potential decision on issuing Eurobonds to finance Ukraine – an idea the European Commission had proposed as an alternative to a loan backed by frozen Russian assets.

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