Slovakia's Fico Claims Ukraine Will 'Have to Pay Dearly' Ahead of Putin-Trump Meeting

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's speech sparked outrage among Ukrainians when he called Ukraine the grass in the elephant debate. In Fico's comparison, US and Russian leaders Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are elephants trampling on the grass.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has lashed out at Ukraine, comparing it to grass suffering under two elephants fighting or having sex in the run-up to the upcoming US-Russia summit in Alaska. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry strongly protested Fico's statement on Sunday.

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After more than three years of full-scale Russian armed aggression against Ukraine, the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fizo never realized the true reasons for this criminal invasion, as well as the danger posed by flirting with the aggressor state.

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"Do you remember the old African truth that I like to repeat? It doesn't matter whether the elephants fight or have sex, the grass always suffers. Whatever the elephants' actions on August 15th, the grass will suffer, in this case Ukraine," Fico wrote. And he continued with his favorite claim that Russia is not actually to blame for the conflict. "Everyone already knows that the conflict has serious roots in recent history, that it has no milita…