"Putin told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at a meeting in Beijing that russia allegedly did not respond for a long time to Ukraine’s strikes on energy facilities, but now it has 'begun to respond'. He also advised countries such as Hungary and Slovakia to cut off gas and oil supplies to Ukraine in order to stop Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure", - reported the Telegram channel "Radio Liberty" on September 2.
Fico, in turn, stated that in the coming days he would meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and tell him about the unacceptability of attacks on the "Druzhba" oil pipeline. These attacks had earlier also been criticized in Hungary.
Putin also said that after the meeting in Alaska with US President Donald Trump, he believes that a consensus on security guarantees for Ukraine is possible. According to him, Ukraine should itself decide how to ensure its security. Previously, representatives of the russian authorities had cast doubt on such a right, pointing in particular to the unacceptability of the deployment of European troops in Ukraine. What putin meant is still unclear.