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Slovak president warns election campaign may dent public support for Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 20, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Public support in Slovakia for aiding Ukraine against Russia's invasion could suffer as the country heads into an early election in September and disinformation harms the debate, President Zuzana Caputova said on Monday.

Slovakia, an eastern flank NATO member that borders Ukraine, has been a staunch backer of Kyiv under a centre-right government, which fell at the end of last year and whose parties, polls show, have fallen behind former prime minister Robert Fico's Smer-SD party that has opposed more military aid.

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