Ambassador: Okamura’s anti-Ukraine remarks are undignified and unacceptable

Ukraine’s ambassador to Czechia Vasyl Zvarych has condemned remarks by Tomio Okamura, leader of the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), and Speakert of the House of Deputies, describing them as undignified and wholly unacceptable. Reacting on Facebook to Okamura’s New Year address, Zvarych said the statements echoed Russian propaganda and insulted Ukraine and its democratically elected leadership. Okamura again opposed arms deliveries to Ukraine, calling the war “senseless” and attacking President Volodymyr Zelensky and his circle calling them thieves. Zvarych urged Czech authorities and civil society to assess whether such rhetoric is compatible with high public office.