The same applies to Babiš's government - the further Russia is geographically, the safer the Czech Republic is.

Czech government national security advisor Hinek Kmonjiček said today at the conference "Our Security Is Not Taken for Granted" in Prague that Russia was and remains the greatest threat to Czech security, and that Czech assistance to Ukraine must be based on this.

He added that the further away Russia is geographically, the safer the Czechs are.

"Russia was the biggest threat even before the war in Ukraine began. Both when our relations were at their peak and when they were at their lowest, it has always been true that the further Russia is from us geographically, the greater our security," said Kmonjiček.

An advisor to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš emphasized that this is the basis for Czech aid to Ukraine, that this assistance in its fight against Russia is in line with the security priorities of the new government, but that it is not the only priority to which the Czech government will subordinate everything else.

"If we want to be safe from threats from the East and the Far East, we must have a strong army. The state must allocate as much funds for it as it can, with the help of the cheapest possible energy sources," said Kmonjiček.

Although Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has recently defended the fact that his government has reduced defense spending in the new budget for this year, so that it now amounts to less than two percent of GDP, after criticism from the US ambassador who offered Babiš to solve the problem by investing funds in the NATO fund, from which American weapons are mainly purchased for Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havliček said today that the Czech Republic will still have to allocate at least two percent of GDP to defense.

"Relations have fundamentally changed in the world, including at the economic level. Relations that were previously based on agreements are becoming relations based on transactions. Superpowers are growing stronger. The hegemonic expansion of Russia and China can only be stopped by other superpowers – the USA and Europe. It is our obligation to participate in this. The Czech Republic must fulfill its obligations and allocate at least two percent of GDP to defense," said Deputy Prime Minister Havlicek.

Havlicek said that today everyone must support the Israeli and US attack on Iran, without looking into whether it is legal or legitimate.

The Czech ruling coalition of populist ANO Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the radical nationalist Sloboda – Direct Democracy and Eurosceptic conservatives Motoristi came to power in the elections on October 3 and 4, among other things, on a wave of promises to immediately negotiate peace with Russia, to stop providing aid to Ukraine because the Czechs need the money, thanks to anti-war rhetoric.