The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Myroslav Kastran. The reason was Kyiv's criticism of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Dennik N reports. The Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed a "sharp protest" to Kastran over the Ukrainian side's statements,

"Bratislava is not Moscow, Slovakia is Europe," President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X on Jan. 25, voicing support for protests against Slovakia's government. The demonstrations, held under the slogan "Slovakia is Europe,

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for supporting the protests against the Slovak government's policies that took place on 24 January. Source: Fico quoted by Aktuality;