Czechia provides 76 IFVs, 24 tanks to Ukraine in 2023.
Czechia delivered 24 tanks, 76 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), 645 anti-tank guided missiles, and other aid to Ukraine between January and May 2023, Radio Prague cited[1] the country's Prime Minister Petr Fiala on June 27. Czech arms supplies for Kyiv also included 16 vehicles for air defense systems, 57,000 artillery shells, 144 anti-aircraft systems, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear protection equipment, and spare parts and other support equipment, Fiala said at a press conference. Defense Minister Jana Cernochova added that Prague can still draw on its current stocks for future aid for Ukraine.
On Feb.
23, Czech Defense Ministry announced[2] it has so far provided military aid worth 4.9 billion Czech crowns (£230 million), including T-72 tanks, artillery, missile artillery, and helicopters. For 2023, Prague has allocated around 2 billion Czech crowns (£93 million) for military aid for Kyiv, the ministry informed. Earlier in June, Czechia, Slovakia, and Ukraine announced[3] they will cooperate on the purchase of the Swedish-made CV90 IFVs.
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[4] Martin FornusekNews Editor
Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer.
Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.
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