Czech Foreign Minister: Czech initiative to buy ammunition for Kyiv needs more money
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The Czech initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine outside the EU needs more funding, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said, calling on allies to provide more money to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian aggression.
The Czech initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine outside the EU needs more money. This was stated by Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky before a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on April 3, UNN reports citing Ceske Noviny .
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"We need more money. We need more money for ammunition. We need more ammunition for Ukraine," Lipavsky said.
According to him, Russia is still capable of producing much more ammunition, and "unfortunately, in war it matters.
"We want Ukraine to be able to defend itself against Russian aggression. Our initiative is designed to help with this. That is why I urge almost everyone to join and donate money," the Czech minister added.
According to the Czech government and the media, about 20 countries have already joined the initiative to purchase shells for Ukraine. Prague has already received funds from the allies to buy the first 300,000 units of ammunition, and negotiations are underway for another half million shells.
The initiative has been joined by Canada, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Belgium, Finland, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Iceland, and Slovenia. The Czech Republic does not disclose details of individual country contributions. However, the countries themselves are gradually disclosing information about how much they have contributed or pledged to contribute. In total, these contributions amount to about 35 billion Czech crowns.
Recall
The proposal to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine from non-EU countries was put forward by Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala at an extraordinary EU summit in early February.
Later, at the Munich Security Conference, President Petr Pavel announced the possibility of purchasing 800,000 rounds for Ukrainians from third countries-half a million 155-millimeter caliber and 300,000 122-millimeter caliber.
