Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico’s condition has stabilized, and he is no longer in a “life-threatening condition” after surviving an assassination attempt on Wednesday, said the country’s Deputy PM and Environment Minister Tomas Taraba. Fico, 59, was left in critical condition and had to undergo surgery after being shot five times while leaving a government meeting a day earlier. According to the Deputy PM, one bullet went through Fico’s stomach and another hit a joint. After the attack, Fico was rushed to a hospital in Handlova where he had been chairing a government meeting. Describing the shooting as a “monstrous” crime, Putin said in a telegram sent to Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova: “I know Robert Fico as a courageous and strong-minded man.
