Slovak state-owned operator SEPS will provide electricity supply to Ukraine as part of emergency assistance in accordance with the current contract concluded with Ukrenergo, writes Czech newspaper iRozhlas in response to threats by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fizo to stop the supply of electricity to Ukraine.

“Analyst Józef Badida told Slovak newspaper Pravda that artificially restricting electricity supplies from Slovakia abroad would most likely violate European and Slovak legislation. Former Slovak Economy Minister Karel Hirman previously stated that electricity to Ukraine is sold by traders, not the state. He claimed that in case of cessation of electricity supplies to Ukraine, Slovakia will be involved in the conflict within the EU,” the newspaper quotes Interfax-Ukraine.

It is also noted that in the spring of 2024, SEPS extended the contract for another 12 months, under which it can supply up to 150 MW of electricity to Ukraine as part of emergency assistance. “In the first 11 months of last year, net electricity exports from Slovakia to Ukraine reached 2.43 terawatt-hours, which is three and a half times higher than the volume for the same period in 2023,” the report said.

As it was reported earlier, in response to Ukraine's decision to stop the transit of Russian gas, part of which goes to Slovakia, Prime Minister Fizo of Slovakia threatened to cut off the supply of electricity to Ukraine. On this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that “it seems that Putin instructed Fizo to open a second energy front against Ukraine at the expense of the interests of the Slovak people.” Poland has expressed readiness to increase electricity supplies to Ukraine after the Slovak prime minister's comments.