Defence Ministry denies Czech ammunition initiative “overpriced”

The Czech Ministry of Defence has denied that the Czech ammunition initiative for Ukraine is intransparent and that the artillery ammunition procured from outside the EU with funds from NATO allies is overpriced. The statement came in response to claims by Senator Lukáš Wagenknecht from the Pirate Party, who told a meeting of the Senate committee for oversight of public funds, that the ammunition procured was overpriced by CZK 1.4 billion. The ministry said this was false information adding that it was ready to provide details of the sales in a closed session. It accused the senator of harming Ukraine’s interests by questioning the initiative and endangering a further supply of badly needed ammunition to the country.