Spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Heorhiy Tykhy said that Kyiv is "disappointed" with the statement by Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico about Ukrainian troops, according to a commentary by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.

Robert Fico, during a visit to the Holocaust Museum in the Slovak town of Sered on Monday, said that "the international community must recognize that it is unacceptable to allow troops that use Nazi symbols and often behave in this way to fight in Ukraine."

"Ukrainian soldiers are defending their families, homes, and country, as well as the entire Europe and the free world, from Russian invaders marked with the letter 'Z' - a symbol of modern Russia's fascist aesthetics," the Spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.

"Countering Russian aggression, for Ukrainians, adds to the nation's history of resistance against totalitarian regimes over the last century," Tykhy said.

"We rely on Slovakia's and all of our European partners' united efforts to counter the current Russian evil, which has brought atrocities to Ukrainian soil unprecedented since World War II," the ministry said.

"We remain committed to further constructive dialogue, in line with the traditionally warm and good-neighborly relations between the Slovak and Ukrainian peoples," the ministry concluded.