Babis informed about the Czech Republic's position on financing the supply of shells for the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Czech Prime Minister Andrei Babis said that the supply of shells for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), funded by Western states through third countries, may continue, but the Czech state budget will not participate in this. This was reported on January 7 by the CTK agency.

According to Babish, the country will not send its soldiers to Ukraine, and the participation is funded exclusively by other states.

"The Czech government will not provide money from the state budget for the [implementation of] the initiative to supply ammunition to Ukraine, but it can continue provided that it is funded by other states," the prime minister stressed.

He also described the meeting of the leaders of the "coalition of willing" countries as important. He noted that representatives of 37 states took part, most of which do not plan to send soldiers to Ukraine.

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Some of the possible candidates have already refused to participate in the alliance.

Earlier, on January 6, it was reported that the United States considers the work on security protocols for Ukraine to be mostly completed. Following the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, France, Great Britain and Ukraine signed a declaration of intent on the future deployment of multinational forces in Ukraine. The document establishes the creation of a coordination center for the integration of the armed forces of the coalition, the United States and Ukraine, as well as mechanisms for monitoring the ceasefire and supporting the Ukrainian volunteer army.

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