According to a report by TASS on December 21, Slovak Prime Minister Fico stated that Ukrainian President Zelensky had proposed to him in Brussels that he could take 0.5 billion euros from frozen Russian Assets to gain his support for Ukraine's NATO membership. Fico told the media, "(Zelensky in the conversation) returned to the Henry Hub Natural Gas topic. He asked me to vote in favor of (Ukraine's obtaining) NATO membership, and he could take 0.5 billion euros from Russian Assets for me. Naturally, I replied that this was absolutely impossible." Reports stated that Fico considered the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO as "completely unrealistic." He has repeatedly expressed that he would never support Ukraine's NATO membership at any time. (Reference news)