#Russia is beating western capitals in securing artillery supplies on international markets, the #Czech government has said, warning that delayed payments to arms companies could lead to millions of ammunition rounds being sent to #Moscow instead of #Kyiv.
The Czechoslovak Group, warned that rising prices and poor quality meant that half the shells it had received could not be sent to #Ukraine’s battlefields as quickly as planned.
15 countries of the #EU and the #NATO have already contributed over 1.6 billion euros (39.5 billion crowns) to the #Czech ammunition initiative, said Prime Minister Petr #Fiala.
The first tens of thousands of 155 mm ammunition will arrive in #Ukraine in June, added the Prime Minister. According to him, the country can expect the first shipment in the next few days.
I had a nice trip with @sesivany from Prague to Brno. We just found out at the #Fedora 40 release party yesterday that we were taking the same train. We shared travel stories and Jiří gave me some good advice for my trip. Děkuji
The #Czech Republic's President #Pavel says in an German #ARD interview that #Ukraine will be getting 180,000 artillery shells in June.
"I, along with our Prime Minister Petr #Fiala, assume that the first 180,000 pieces of ammunition will be delivered in June, and there are already contracts for a further five to six-digit number of grenades."
Včera jsme v prvním průsmyku v horách, na začátku oblasti postižené zemětřesením za městečkem Asni, náhodou narazili na skupinu českých turistů, vedenou legendarním poděbradským průvodcem po Maroku Oroňem. Ten byl dle svých slov v Maroku už 80x ...
Setkání nám hodně pozvedlo náladu. A Oroň nám slíbil v případě problémů po Whatsappu...
2 Russian-born #Czech citizens ran a #hotel in #Greece that doubled as #SafeHouse for infamous unit of Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU) as it carried out #bombings & #poisonings across Europe
Husband/wife Nikolay & Elena #Saposnikov ran Villa Elena, a 3-story hotel hosted members of #Kremlin's “most grimly accomplished #assassination and #sabotage squad,” Unit #29155, on a regular basis for the last 15 years.
Slovak activists collected over 2.6 million euros ($2.8 million) for the #Czech ammunition initiative for #Ukraine in five days after the Slovak government refused to participate.
Slovak citizens started their campaign "Ammunition for Ukraine" on April 16 to raise additional funds for the Czech-led initiative of purchasing 500,000 155 mm shells and 300,000 122 mm shells outside of Europe to provide Ukraine with them.