Czech Republic allocates almost €35 million to supply ammunition to Ukraine
Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Thursday that the Czech Republic will allocate almost 866 million crowns (34.7 million euros) as part of its initiative to supply Ukraine with artillery ammunition.
Fiala announced at a press conference before leaving for Brussels for a meeting of the European Council, Radio Prague International reports.
According to the Czech Prime Minister, the funds allocated by the Czech government will be spent on the purchase of ammunition from the Czech company STV Group.
As reported, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala proposed at the February EU summit to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine in third countries at EU funds. It was about 800 thousand ammunition that the Czech Republic found around the world. In May, he said that the participating countries had already contributed more than 1.6 billion euros.
On Tuesday, June 25, Fiala said that the first batch of ammunition under the Czech initiative was already in Ukraine.
Also the day before, Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová informed that 18 countries had already joined the initiative, but she did not name the countries where the ammunition was being purchased, as Russia could try to disrupt the agreements.