"Slovak election frontrunner pledges to end aid to Ukraine"

Robert Fico, the frontrunner in Slovakia's upcoming parliamentary elections, has vowed to stop support for Ukraine if his party forms a government. Fico opposes EU sanctions against Russia, wants to block Ukraine from joining NATO, and believes a compromise peace deal should be negotiated with Russia. He has also repeated the myth that the war in Ukraine began as a civil war, echoing Russian propaganda. Fico was previously the prime minister of Slovakia and resigned in 2018 following a political crisis sparked by the murder of an investigative journalist.