Overview
- Fico announced the trip after a Saturday phone call with Zelensky, and both leaders confirmed reciprocal invitations to their capitals.
- He said they will meet Monday on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, a pan‑European forum created after Russia’s 2022 invasion.
- Fico stated that Slovakia supports Ukraine’s bid to join the European Union, even though his government previously stopped all military aid to Kyiv.
- He also plans to travel to Moscow next week for Victory Day commemorations, marking a parallel outreach to Russia.
- The diplomatic moves come as both sides report heavy drone barrages and several deaths, with Ukraine citing 268 Russian drones and Russia saying it faced 334 Ukrainian drones, and strikes hitting homes in Odesa and energy targets near Novorossiysk.