The Czech Republic will continue its defense initiative to support Ukraine with large-caliber ammunition.
Funding to cover the equipment has been secured for at least the next two months, explained Czech President Petr Pavel on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
“We have secured from our allies sufficient resources to cover Ukraine’s needs until April of this year, and also here at the conference, I negotiated with allies to consider providing more resources,” said Pavel.
“We will have to support Ukraine at least until some peace agreement is implemented and until we are sure Ukraine can stand on its own feet.”
Under the Czech-led initiative, supported with funding from NATO allies, Kyiv received 1.6 million rounds of large-caliber ammunition last year.
Of these, 500,000 were 155mm artillery rounds, while the rest included other types of shells of over 100mm caliber, a Czech government source explained to Routers.
Czech Support for Kyiv
Since the outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine, Prague has supported Kyiv with military aid, supplying different kinds of equipment, including air assets and fighting vehicles.
In March 2024, Prague delivered the last two of eight Mi-24 attack helicopters to Kyiv.
Earlier in the year, Ukraine’s defense industry signed an agreement with Czech manufacturer Colt CZ Group to assemble NATO-standard rifles in Ukraine.
In October 2023, Prague and Denmark announced a joint initiative to supply Ukrainian forces with dozens of armored vehicles, tanks, and thousands of firearms.
