Czech foreign minister calls for more countries to support shells-for-Ukraine initiative

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský has called on more countries to support the Czech shells-for-Ukraine initiative, so as to enable Prague to acquire as much ammunition for the country as possible. Mr. Lipavsky made the appeal at the NATO summit in Brussels where member states discussed further aid for the country. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba who was present at the NATO-Ukraine Council meeting stressed how badly Ukraine needed more military supplies to defend itself against Russian aggression. The overall cost of the Czech shells-for-Ukraine initiative, is estimated at 1.6 to 2 billion euros for 800,000 shells sourced from outside the EU.