The Czech Republic will send Ukraine 50,000 rounds of ammunition in July and August, and 80-100,000 rounds per month from September to the end of the year as part of the Czech initiative to supply half a million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine in 2024.
Ukraine's Defense Minister thanked the Czech Defense Minister for his continued military assistance and training of Ukrainian pilots during a telephone conversation to discuss increasing supplies of artillery ammunition to Ukraine.
The Czech Republic has signed a $6. 5 billion deal to purchase 24 F-35 fighter jets from the United States, the most expensive purchase in the history of the Czech armed forces. The fighters will begin arriving in 2031 to replace the country's current fleet of JAS-39 Gripen jets leased from Sweden.