Slovak government approves cancellation of emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine

SEPS, Slovakia's state-owned electricity transmission system operator, has said it intends to terminate its contract with its Ukrainian counterpart, Ukrenergo, for emergency electricity supplies after the move was approved by the Slovak government.

As reported by Slovak newspaper Denník N, SEPS director Martin Magát said Ukraine had last received emergency electricity supplies from Slovakia in January.

He claimed that Kyiv requested emergency electricity deliveries after Slovakia had already banned them but did not receive any.

The request for the unilateral termination of the contract between SEPS and Ukrenergo was submitted by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Fico announced such a step on 23 February after the suspension of Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline. He said electricity exports would be stopped until Ukraine restores the pipeline's operation.

Ukrenergo stated at the time that the termination of emergency electricity supplies from Slovakia would not affect the operation of Ukraine's unified energy system.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has also threatened to stop electricity supplies to Ukraine. Earlier, Budapest and Bratislava stopped diesel exports to the country.