Czechia to contribute several hundred million crowns to shells-for-Ukraine initiative

The Czech government has allocated several hundred million crowns for the purchase of artillery ammunition for Ukraine, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said in an interview on CNN Prima News on Wednesday evening. The prime minister said that the contribution corresponds to the size of the Czech Republic. He did not specify the exact sum saying that the government had made the decision in confidential mode. According to Czech government sources, close to 20 countries have so far promised to contribute money for the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine from countries outside the EU. Prague has thus collected funds to pay for 300,000 artillery shells and is negotiating the purchase of another half a million.