The Czech Republic has denied the president's statement that Prague has already collected the full amount for the purchase of 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine outside the EU, Denik N reports.

National Security Advisor Tomáš Pojar, who coordinates this initiative, said that the money has been raised only for the first batch.

"The president was probably talking about the first delivery, we don't have the whole initiative yet," he said.

As we reported earlier, Czech President Petr Pavel said that the allies had raised all the money needed to purchase 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine.