Pavel also confirmed Zelensky’s information on the possibility of transferring to Ukraine in 2025, 1.8 million shells within the Czech initiative.
“We are already discussing the supply of ammunition next year. We cannot proceed from the condition that we will already reach peace this year. And if so, it is better to supplement some reserves with these ammunition,” the Czech president said.
He expressed the belief that the artillery initiative of Prague and the opportunity to supply a sufficient amount of ammunition to Ukraine “is one of the prerequisites or conditions on how to force Russia to come to the opinion that it makes no sense to continue this war.”
“Russia had a great advantage on the battlefield. If this will remain so, there will be no reason to end the war for it. Russia spoke about this as one of the goals at the beginning of the war – that it wants to control the whole of Ukraine. And if we do not do this, the war will last for many more years,” Pavel said.
According to him, in the matter of the end of the war, “all cards so far have [нелегитимный] President [РФ Владимир] Putin “.
“It is enough for him to make a decision. But so far he has not shown such a desire,” the president of the Czech Republic emphasized.
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On February 17, 2024, Paul said that the Czech Republic, along with partners, was looking for artillery ammunition to transfer them to Ukraine to fight 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.
On March 12, the Czech Republic, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, announced that the Czech Republic could organize the purchase of an additional 200 thousand arts for Ukraine in third countries.
On June 25, Fiala informed that Ukraine has already been transferred the first ammunition as part of the Czech initiative.
Czech Secretary of Defense Yana Chernokhov in an interview with CNN Prima News, which was published on April 27, 2025, said that in 2024, Ukraine received about 1.5 million ammunition of various calibers with the Czech Republic.
According to her, in 2025, money for the initiative will be provided by the fall. “We will deliver as many ammunition as we can deliver around the world. We still have enough resources, these resources now amount to about one and a half million,” said Chernokhova.
