Ukraine could soon receive important military aid from the Czech Republic. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavski, said that 300 artillery shells have been secured so far and will be delivered to Ukraine.
Lipavski said that the ammunition will enable a vital couple of months on the battlefield when Ukraine "will be able to breathe easier", and sources close to the ministry claim that the first shipments will be sent before June, reports the British "Guardian".
"We have 40 years of experience when we were a satellite of Moscow, a country that was invaded by Russian tanks in 1968 to put an end to the Prague Spring. Nobody wants us to go back to those times, and I must say that our citizens are sensitive to that," Lipavski said. , explaining why his country cannot stand by and watch Ukraine struggle without help.
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It is increasingly being heard from Ukraine that they lack ammunition in the fight against Russia, and from the European Union they said that they expect to send only 52 percent of ammunition by March of the projected goal last year. A bill that would have sent aid to Kiev from the United States has stalled in Congress.
Russia currently has a five-to-one advantage in the number of shells used on the battlefield and is slowly pushing back Kiev's forces. Last month, Avdejevka, an important front-line town, fell to the Russians after four months of fighting.
Czech President Petr Pavel stated in February that Prague had located 800 grenades that could be procured and sent to Ukraine with financial assistance from a consortium of Western countries.
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