She recalled that in 2024, Ukraine received about 1.5 million ammunition of various calibers through the mediation of the Czech Republic. According to the Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, in 2025, money for the initiative will be provided before the fall.
Chernokhova noted that she did not want to limit himself with any numbers, to the moderator’s question about whether more ammunition will be delivered this year than in the past.
“We will put as many ammunition as we can deliver around the world. And we still have enough resources, these resources currently amount to about one and a half million,” she said. According to her, it will depend on donors whether they will be able to raise enough funds to finance the initiative and deliver ammunition to Ukraine as soon as possible.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Lipavsky said in early April that additional financial resources were received from Canada, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands to implement the initiative. According to Chernokhova, other countries are now joining the initiative. She mentioned, in particular, bilateral negotiations with Belgium, which, according to her, also promised to take part in this initiative.
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February 17, 2024, Czech President Peter Pavel said his country along with partners Looking for artillery ammunition to transfer them to Ukraine to fight the aggressor country of Russia. He clarified that the Czech Republic found a way to purchase 500 thousand shells of 155 mm caliber and 300 thousand 122 mm caliber shells. On March 7, Paul said that the allies collected the necessary amount.
Czech Prime Minister Peter Fiala announced on March 12 that the Czech Republic could organize a purchase additional 200 thousand artillery For Ukraine in third countries.
June 25, Fiala, said that Ukraine is already They transferred the first ammunition As part of the Czech initiative.
According to the Czech Republic, Ukraine in 2024 was supposed to get about half a million As part of the Czech initiative.
January 31, 2025, Lipavsky said that the country was looking for support for other countries of the European Union in order to Organize a new initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine.
On February 15, Pavel said that the Czech initiative to purchase artillery shells for Ukraine in third countries allowed to supply at least 1.6 million units of ammunition, he was quoted Reuters.
On March 27, Fiala said that under the Czech initiative to supply artboards in 2025, at least 1.5 million ammunition could be delivered to Ukraine, and wrote Reuters.
