‘Putin Won’t Surrender, Forget This’: NATO Leader Humiliates Europe; Slams EU’s Russia Policy

Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has emerged as one of Europe’s loudest critics of the bloc’s approach to punishing Russia over the Ukraine war, painting EU sanctions as ineffective and self-defeating. Fico has repeatedly vetoed or threatened to block new rounds of sanctions that Brussels hopes will pressure Moscow, arguing instead that the measures have backfired and left EU economies exposed to energy and political turmoil.