The Lithuanian government allocated 35 million euros to buy bullets for Ukraine as part of a fundraising initiative in the Czech Republic. The country’s Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte talks about this reported On his page on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
The Czech Republic’s attempt to raise funds for the purchase of 800 thousand 155 mm artillery shells for Ukraine was announced on February 17. It was reported that the Czech Republic I found it abroad Depending on financing from partners in the United States, Germany, Sweden and other countries, 800 thousand artillery shells could be sent to Kiev within a few weeks.
March 8 Czech Republic President Petr Pavel knowledgeableHe said that funds were collected to purchase artillery shells from third countries to be sent to Ukraine later.
On March 13, it became known that the first batch of artillery shells could be sent as part of the Czech Republic’s initiative to supply ammunition to Ukraine. sent already in the conflict zone in June.
Former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg statedNATO countries have provided 99% of all defense support to Ukraine, but Kiev needs more.