Ukraine Set to Lose Key Ally After ‘Pro-Russia’ Candidate Wins Slovakia Vote

Robert Fico’s party, which opposes unlimited aid to Ukraine, is now in talks with potential coalition partners.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico takes his seat during a goverment meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia, on June 30, 2016. Slovakia will undertake their six-month presidency of the European Union from July 2016. AP Photo/Bundas Engler

Ukraine’s top diplomat says it’s “too early” to tell how the results of Slovakia’s Sept. 30 parliamentary poll will affect Bratislava’s approach to Ukraine.

“Ukraine respects the choice that the people of Slovakia made,” Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, told reporters on Oct. 2.