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The Czech Republic may hold an EU summit with Ukraine or the Western Balkan countries during its EU presidency, according the minister for European affairs, Mikuláš Bek. Minister Bek said the Czech Republic would have to respond to current developments as regards the choice of topics, but five main priority areas were already evident: resolving the refugee crisis and post-war reconstruction in Ukraine, energy security, strengthening the EU's defence capabilities, the recovery of the European economy and the resilience of democratic institutions. The Czech EU presidency is due to begin in July of this year.

The Czech Foreign Ministry has dismissed a warning from Russia that the Czech Republic has no right to provide weapons of Soviet provenance to third countries without its consent. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said this argument was nonsensical, since there was no clause in the old purchasing contracts prohibiting the re-export of military equipment. He said the Czech Republic would not respond to the diplomatic note.

Russia has been trying to stop military support to Ukraine, warning the US and other Western states that their arms supplies to Ukraine were fueling the conflict and could result in "unpredictable consequences".

The respected Czech animator Vlasta Pospíšilová, who created cartoons for several generations of Czech children, has died at the age of 87. Vlasta Pospíšilová learned the art of cartoon making under the guidance of Czech animation legend Jiří Trnka and later made her mark in Czech animation with her characters for the series Broučci (Beetles), Pat a Mat or Jan Werich's Fimfárum. She worked not only as an animator, but later also as a director and screenwriter.

Czech Radio has pointed to numerous inconsistencies, in time and place, of a pro-Russian video that has gone viral on social networks claiming that the tanks and infantry fighting vehicles that the Czech Republic sent to Ukraine were allegedly destroyed by the Russians. Czech Radio has analyzed the footage in detail, showing that even the buildings portrayed in the background are not those of the Lozovo train station as claimed. The disinformation video was shared 900 times and seen by 10,000 people in a matter of days. The Czech Defense Ministry also issued a statement rejecting claims that the military support it sent had been destroyed. A similar fake video claimed that the S-300 defense system which Slovakia sent to Ukraine had also been destroyed by the Russians. Slovakia categorically denied this, as did Ukraine.