Bratislava, Feb. 23 -- Slovakia has halted emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine amid an escalating dispute over the suspension of Russian oil deliveries through the Druzhba pipeline, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced on Monday.

Fico said the move would remain in place until Kyiv restores oil transit to Slovakia via the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline, which runs across Ukrainian territory. The announcement follows a warning he issued to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the weekend.

"As of today, if the Ukrainian side turns to Slovakia with a request for assistance in stabilising the Ukrainian energy grid, such assistance will not be provided," Fico said in a video message posted on X.

He added that the suspension would ...