(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukraine would continue to respond to Russian attacks on its energy facilities, despite criticism from Slovakia and Hungary which have suffered Russian oil supply disruptions as a result.

Zelenskiy spoke after holding his first high-level talks with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico – with whom he has clashed over Russian energy supplies in the past – in the Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod near the border with Slovakia.

Slovakia, along with Hungary, has continued to buy Russian gas and oil even as other European Union countries cut ties after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

The EU is investing in more energy routes. But Slovakia and Hungary say alternative routes face bottlenecks and are more expensive.

Oil shipments to both countr

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