Ukraine is likely to receive 1.5 million shells under the Czech initiative, not 800,000 as planned
Prague, Czech Republic (Svidomi) — Ukraine may receive 1.5 million shells from a Czech initiative, not 800,000 as initially announced, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavský said, according to Bloomberg.
"As we can see, this is already helping Ukraine to fight better because they know they will have fresh ammunition, and this has changed their attitude to using existing stockpiles,"
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Limavský told Bloomberg.
The Czech minister refused to say how long it would take to deliver the aid to the frontline.
At the same time, Lipavský stressed that the Czech initiative alone would not be enough to support Ukraine.
In an interview with Delfi, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba reiterated Ukraine's need for a continuous supply of weapons and ammunition.
"The strategy of providing assistance to Ukraine in dribs and drabs no longer works. If things continue as they are now, it will not end well for anyone. Ukraine needs unlimited and timely supplies of all types of weapons and ammunition to defeat Russia," Kuleba said.
On March 25, it became known that Iceland would join the Czech initiative and allocate €2 million to purchase ammunition for Ukraine.
The Czech Republic and its partners managed to raise part of the funds to purchase the first batch of artillery shells for Ukraine. It is 300,000 ammunition out of the 800,000 promised. They are expected to be delivered to Ukraine by June 2024.
It will be recalled that, according to the Estonian Ministry of Defence, Russia produces almost three times as much artillery ammunition as the US and Europe for Ukraine.
