Russia has sent the Czech Republic a note for arms supplies to Ukraine – SME.sk

Prague will not respond to the note. MOSCOW. Russia warned the Czech Republic in a note that it could not provide former Soviet equipment to third countries without its consent. The news portal iDNES.cz informs about it. The article continues under a video advertisement. His words for the iDNES.cz portal were also confirmed by Lenka Do, a spokeswoman for the diplomacy department. “We have not responded to the note because it is nonsense,” she added. conflict and could have “unpredictable consequences.” However, according to him, military and other aid to Ukraine is clearly in the strategic interest of the Czech Republic. “At the beginning of March, the Russian ambassador informed the Czech Deputy Foreign Minister that Russia expects terrorist attacks on convoys with Western weapons in Ukraine. We clearly interpret this as a threat that Russia itself was preparing and is preparing sabotage actions,” Lipavsky said. According to him, other EU and NATO member states also received similar references from the Russians. The Czech minister added that Russia has been trying to dissuade EU and NATO countries from helping Ukraine in general since the beginning of its aggression. The Czech Republic provides Ukraine with weapons and other military material. As of April 6, the total value of material donated by the Czech Republic to Ukraine was 1.1 billion Czech crowns (45 million euros). However, for security reasons, the Czech Ministry of Defense no longer states what specific military material it sends to Ukraine. According to the Echo24.cz server, the Czech Republic also sent Dana self-propelled howitzers and RM-70 Grad salvo rocket launchers of Czechoslovak production to Ukraine. Last Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal wrote that the Czech Republic had sent more than a dozen modernized Soviet-made T-72M tanks to Ukraine.