President Čaputová against NATO’s military action in Ukraine

Slovakia is not at imminent risk of a military conflict, said Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová in regard to the situation in Ukraine. She also urged people in Slovakia to remain calm recalling that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) protects Slovakia’s sovereignty. At the same time, she said that she did not share Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's opinion that NATO and the EU would suffer from disunity in their stance. Čaputová is in favour of introducing further sanctions against Russia and further steps of assistance towards Ukraine. However, according to her "to cross the line of active combat of our armed forces in Ukraine would mean entering the Third World War." The President is also against declaring a no-fly zone over Ukraine as it would have to be secured by military force.