In a Jan. 10 column in the Slovak newspaper Pravda, Fico called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “crisis,” argued that “there is no military solution” to the conflict, and claimed that the EU and Russia “need each other.” Read also: Mass protests in Slovakia against pro-Russian government’s proposed legal changes Fico also repeated Russian propaganda narratives about the supposed “oppression” of Russian-speaking Ukrainians before 2014, as well as Kyiv’s “dependence on the United States.” Fico agreed that Russia has violated international law, but Kastran criticized his language as “too soft” in …