Pavel pushes for Czech funding of Ukraine ammunition initiative

President Petr Pavel wants to discuss funding for the Czech ammunition initiative for Ukraine with the government. According to him, Czechia, as the founding country of the initiative, should lead by example. At the moment, it does not contribute any money to the initiative and is only involved in its administration. “If the current willingness to contribute to this initiative is declining, then we, as the country that founded and has managed it from the beginning, should set an example,” Pavel said.

According to Pavel, if only a limited number of countries contribute to the ammunition initiative, it raises concerns that “only some allies take support for Ukraine seriously, while others do so less or not at all.” In Wednesday’s edition of the Financial Times, Pavel said the number of countries contributing to the initiative had dropped from 18 last year to nine this year.