North Korea is preparing to send to Russia more troops and weapons, including kamikaze drones, to support Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, South Korea’s military has claimed.North Korea has already provided 240mm multiple rocket launchers and 170mm self-propelled howitzers,

Russia said on Monday that the situation with European countries that buy its gas through a transit deal via Ukraine is very complicated and needs more attention, after talks between President Vladimir Putin and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Fico is the third EU leader, after Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, to meet with Putin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. #Euro

The European Union gave preliminary backing to a 15th package of sanctions against Russia that includes an extension of an exemption for Slovakia to trade petroleum products derived from Russian oil through early June. The bloc is trying to phase out ...

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s fears for energy security are unfounded, senior Ukrainian official tells POLITICO.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in the Kremlin on Sunday with Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico (shown here in Brussels in February 2024), in a rare visit to Moscow by an EU leader since Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. (Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP)

Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding talks with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in Moscow, state TV channel Rossiya 24 reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks in the Kremlin on Sunday with Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to Moscow by an EU leader since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine began in 2022.

Russian and Kazakh oil flows to Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany via the Druzhba pipeline have stopped since Thursday due to technical problems at a Russian pumping station, four people familiar with the matter said.

Tensions rise as Zelensky's demands test Slovakia's patience, impacting EU relations amid economic challenges.- Watch Video on English Oneindia

Slovak PM Robert Fico discussed gas transit and Ukraine's war with Putin, emphasizing the need for normalized relations between Russia and Slovakia.