Czech President criticizes the West for insufficient military support for Ukraine
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Czech President Petr Pavel criticized the West for not fulfilling its promises of military aid to Ukraine.
Czech President Petr Pavel has criticized the insufficient supply of military equipment to Ukraine and the failure to fulfill promises made. The Czech leader said this in an interview with Corriere della Sera, UNN reports.
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In particular, Pavel admitted that Western supplies of military equipment are not enough for Ukraine to continue a high-intensity operation.
We did not keep our promises to supply Ukrainians with artillery ammunition, training on F-16s did not start as quickly as it should have
In addition, he reminded that after the delivery of Storm Shadows from Britain and similar missiles from France, Ukraine expected to receive German Taurus. Instead, Berlin is still hesitant to supply these missiles to Ukraine.
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This creates an imbalance in supplies, and uncertainty is not a good basis for military planning
Addendum
The Czech president also said that the West should support Ukraine to prevent a Russian victory. According to him, Moscow's victory will only strengthen its perception that everything can be achieved by force. In addition, it will give hope to other regimes that "Western democracies are weak."
Recall
Ukraine struck the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet using cruise missiles Storm Shadow.