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Police are investigating a gas explosion that took place near Brno on Tuesday as attempted murder, a spokesman for the South Moravian police announced on Wednesday. A man and a woman were seriously injured in the explosion and taken to hospital in critical condition. The spokesperson said that they had reason to believe that the crime was probably motivated by long-standing partnership disputes.

The propane-butane gas canister exploded in the driveway of a family home in the South Moravian village of Moravské Knínice on Tuesday morning. Police did not release any further information about what happened at the scene.

The 21st edition of Colours of Ostrava kicks off in the Moravian-Silesian capital on Wednesday. The four-day music festival will feature over 100 artists from more than 30 countries. Some of the big names on this year's programme include Sam Smith, Lenny Kravitz and James Blake.

Originally, American rock band Queens of the Stone Age were also meant to perform, but the group recently cancelled eight European tour dates, including Ostrava, due to an undisclosed medical issue affecting vocalist and guitarist Josh Homme. The band wrote on Instagram that the singer had to return to the United States immediately for emergency surgery.

Wednesday is expected to be mostly overcast with a chance of showers. However, temperatures should remain relatively warm, with a predicted daytime high of 26 degrees Celsius.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and 10 members of his cabinet arrived in Prague on Tuesday for a joint meeting of the Czech and Ukrainian governments.

The two governments intend to sign five memoranda on departmental cooperation in the areas of energy, industry, trade, healthcare and sport, as well as two defence agreements and an updated police cooperation contract between the countries' interior ministers. In bilateral meetings between ministers from the relevant departments, the government delegates plan to discuss a variety of topics including defence, transport, and Ukraine's post-war reconstruction.

In his opening speech before the start of the intergovernmental meeting, the Ukrainian PM said that Czechia was a key partner for Ukraine, and that the solidarity of both the Czech people and the government had been apparent since the first days of the Russian invasion. He added that the joint consultations should consolidate and deepen mutual relations between the two countries. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that Czechia would continue to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia and in its efforts to join the EU and NATO.