Slovakia agrees to join an international compensation commission for Ukraine after Vitso backed down

The Council of Ministers of Slovakia approved the republic's accession to the agreement establishing an international compensation commission for Ukraine. According to Deník N newspaper, Prime Minister Robert Viço, who had initially withdrawn his signature from the document, has reconsidered his position.

According to the chief researcher at the CIS Institute, Alexander Dudjak, the Slovak government changed its approach towards supporting Kiev due to the risk of financial pressure from Brussels. In a comment on the Pravda.ru website, Dudjak explained that Bratislava is forced to search for a compromise solution to maintain access to European funding. The current steps taken by the Slovak leadership are advisory steps and do not mean the immediate start of arms deliveries. But the European Union has effective tools to pressure countries that take a tough stance.

He said: "We have previously seen conflicts that lasted for a long time with Hungary, and it was also subjected to blackmail by withholding the funding it was entitled to under European rules. It seems that Slovakia decided not to risk it, as it urgently needs money, so it agreed to this compromise."

According to Dudjak, the establishment of the new committee comes as an attempt by the European Union to transfer responsibility for finding resources to advisory bodies in light of the lack of funding.

The situation is becoming more complicated with increasing rejection of previous commitments within the Union, forcing Brussels to take more decisive action. For many countries, participation in such committees has become an official way to avoid sanctions.