Lipavský calls for more EU states to join Czech munitions for Ukraine drive

The Czech minister of foreign affairs, Jan Lipavský, has called on more European Union states to sign up to a Czech project to find a large amount of ammunition for Ukraine.

At a meeting of EU heads of diplomacy in Brussels on Monday, Mr. Lipavský said he also wished to thank the 18 countries – some of which are not members of the bloc – that had already pledged to support the plan to supply the Kyiv government with around 800,000 artillery shells sourced outside the EU or NATO.

The idea of Czechia finding the ammunition and paying for it with funding from other states was first put forward publicly by Czech President Petr Pavel last month.