{"id":296275,"date":"2024-10-07T07:26:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T07:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296275"},"modified":"2024-10-08T07:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T07:22:50","slug":"robert-fico-wests-goal-in-ukraine-is-to-weaken-russia-not-achieve-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=296275","title":{"rendered":"Robert Fico: West&#8217;s Goal in Ukraine is to Weaken Russia, Not Achieve Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Novinite \u2013 Sofia News Agency Oct 7, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Slovak<\/strong> Prime Minister Robert <strong>Fico<\/strong> has accused the <strong>West<\/strong> of intentionally escalating the conflict in Ukraine, claiming its primary aim is to undermine Russia. In an interview with <strong>Slovak<\/strong> broadcaster STVR on Sunday, <strong>Fico<\/strong> expressed his apprehension regarding the EU&#8217;s growing involvement in the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kyiv, asserting that the situation cannot be resolved through military means.<\/p>\n<p>He remarked, &#8220;<em>There is a military conflict in a neighboring country where Slavs are killing each other, and Europe is significantly supporting this killing, which I just don\u2019t understand<\/em>.&#8221; <strong>Fico<\/strong> contended that the fighting persists largely due to substantial backing from Western nations. He emphasized, \u201c<em>The sooner it ends, the better it will be<\/em>,\u201d insisting that attempts to defeat <strong>Russia<\/strong> through the Ukraine conflict would ultimately be unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fico<\/strong> criticized what he called &#8220;<em>Russophobia<\/em>,&#8221; stating, \u201c<em>Everyone thinks that through Ukraine we will bring the Russians to their knees, but this problem cannot be solved militarily<\/em>.\u201d A long-time opponent of Western military support for Ukraine, <strong>Fico<\/strong> vowed to obstruct Ukraine&#8217;s NATO membership, warning that this could set the stage for a potential world war.<\/p>\n<p>After his party, Smer-SD, won the parliamentary elections last year, <strong>Fico<\/strong> halted arms deliveries to Ukraine and advocated for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. He also pledged to restore political and trade relations with Moscow once hostilities cease, arguing, \u201c<em>the EU needs <strong>Russia<\/strong>, and <strong>Russia<\/strong> needs the EU.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has issued warnings regarding Western assistance to Kyiv, stating that no amount of foreign support will alter the conflict&#8217;s outcome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.novinite.com\/articles\/228709\/Robert+Fico%3A+West%27s+Goal+in+Ukraine+is+to+Weaken+Russia%2C+Not+Achieve+Peace\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico says the West is using Ukraine to bring Russia to its knees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-russia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296276,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296275\/revisions\/296276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}