In the coming months, the Czech Republic will provide Ukraine with attack helicopters, thousands of additional large-caliber ammunition, and help with pilot training. This was stated by the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala on Friday, July 7, following the meeting with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi in Prague.
"We will help Ukraine with the training of pilots, including for F-16 aircraft, and we will transfer flight simulators to Ukraine so that the training takes place not only in the West, but also directly in Ukraine," Fiala said in a message on Twitter.
According to him, the Czech Republic has already sent 676 units of heavy equipment and more than four million medium and large caliber ammunition to Ukraine. "This means that every day, since the first day of the war, about 10,000 units of ammunition and at least one tank, rocket launcher, howitzer, etc. left the Czech Republic for Ukraine," the prime minister noted.
Panu prezidentovi Zelenskému I have confirmed dnes that Česko is giving Ukrajině another attack helicopter and in the coming months another statisíce kusů velkorážní munice.
— Petr Fiala (@P_Fiala) July 7, 2023
< br>We will help Ukrajině also with pilot training, including training for F-16 aircraft, and we will add air force to Ukrajinu... pic.twitter.com/vs57rsUWcV
Petr Fiala also said that the countries of the European Union are discussing ways to use frozen Russian assets to help rebuild Ukraine. "This is a difficult topic, neither from a legal nor from another point of view, but intensive negotiations are taking place precisely so that we can also use these frozen assets to help Ukraine," Reuters quoted the prime minister as saying.
Zelenskyі thanked the Czech Republic for the assistance provided. He also noted that joint production of weapons is among the planned issues during the visit to Prague.
We continue our work in the Czech Republic with negotiations with the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala @P_Fiala and Czech government officials.
— Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) July 7, 2023
Many important questions. Our joint security, supply and, very importantly, joint production of weapons. Defense package. Economic cooperation. Collaborating with… pic.twitter.com/rDbicb12UD
The day before, Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited Bulgaria, where he met with the country's President Rumen Radev and Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov. Then he went to Prague, where he discussed with Czech President Peter Pavel the upcoming NATO summit in Lithuania, European integration and the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. Bulgaria and the Czech Republic promised Kyiv support on the way to NATO.
On July 7, the President of Ukraine is also expected in Turkey.
