Czech President Petr Pavel called Russia the main threat to European countries and said that the armies of EU countries were preparing for a high-intensity conflict. This was reported with reference to the speech of the president of the Czech Republic at the meeting of the presidents of the Visegrad Four (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland). RBC.
Pavel expressed the opinion that it would take years for the Russian Armed Forces to regain combat capability due to the conflict in Ukraine. However, the President of the Czech Republic emphasized that despite this, NATO states still perceive Moscow as the “number one threat”. Therefore, all European armies are preparing for the possibility of high-intensity conflict on the continent.
In response, Polish President Andrzej Duda said that the country was already implementing a program to modernize and strengthen the army. The Polish president called for good preparedness against “potential aggression”.
Previously, Czech President Petr Pavel believesHe said aid to Ukraine should ensure the defense of that country without escalating the conflict.
He previously served as a reserve general in the Czech army named Ukraine’s mistakes during the counterattack.