Funding almost secured for Czech shells-for-Ukraine initiative

Ukraine’s allies have lined up nearly all the funding required for the Czech initiative to purchase hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds for Ukraine outside of the EU, the agency Bloomberg reported citing a Czech government official familiar with the arrangements. The commitments mean that the shells could be delivered to Ukraine in a matter of weeks. The precise timing would depend on contractual and delivery schedules, Bloomberg wrote.

Czech President Petr Pavel said earlier that Prague had received commitments to support the 200 million euro project financially from around 15 states including Britain, Denmark, Canada, Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands.