{"id":1273917,"date":"2025-12-24T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1273917"},"modified":"2025-12-20T15:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T13:46:07","slug":"czech-republic-to-continue-ammunition-initiative-for-ukraine-czech-dm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/czech-republic-to-continue-ammunition-initiative-for-ukraine-czech-dm\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Republic to continue ammunition initiative for Ukraine &#8211; Czech DM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The new Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, Jarom\u00edr Zuna, considers it necessary to support Ukraine and continue the ammunition initiative. He plans to visit Ukraine in the near future, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister said this at his first press conference at the Ministry of Defense, presenting his priorities for the next four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have clearly stated that our support for Ukraine will continue. We stand with Ukraine. Ukraine is defending itself, Russia is the aggressor,\u201d Zuna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He does not question the\u00a0ammunition\u00a0initiative, but is critical of how it was carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA meeting with experts will be prepared for the prime minister to discuss how to continue this initiative. In principle, no one questions the ammunition initiative, and I do not, but it is about the process of managing it and how to continue,\u201d Zuna said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also announced plans for his first foreign visits, saying he wants to visit neighboring Slovakia shortly after Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161&#8217;s visit there on January 8, \u201cand then we will plan a visit to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The priorities for the Czech Republic are to strengthen the role of the Czech defense industry, particularly in view of its export potential, to strengthen its own air defense, and to fulfill its obligations to NATO. In order to achieve results, the new leadership is ready to \u201crethink the priorities of both defense and the army,\u201d as the current concept of building the Czech army is based on the 2019 strategy, which is already somewhat outdated. The new concept is planned to be updated in the first half of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zuna noted that it will take into account the experience of the war in Ukraine. In particular, it is planned to increase the number of personnel \u201cto at least 30,000.\u201d Currently, the Czech army has approximately 24,000 military personnel. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense plans to reduce its staff by 5% and optimize its structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced that the \u201cCzech initiative\u201d had achieved its goal and that 1.8 million units of large-caliber ammunition had been sent to Ukraine in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported earlier, the day before, Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal held talks with Zuna, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, on the\u00a0development of security cooperation. The parties focused on ways to develop defense cooperation to strengthen the security of Ukraine and the Czech Republic. In particular, the head of the Ministry of Defense noted the importance of the \u201cCzech initiative\u201d on the supply of ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-and-tusk-discuss-strengthening-ukrainian-air-force-and-joint-drone-production\/\">Zelenskyy and Tusk Discuss Strengthening Ukrainian Air Force and Joint Drone Production<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, Jarom\u00edr Zuna, considers &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1273918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1273917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Czech Republic to continue ammunition initiative for Ukraine - Czech DM - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/czech-republic-to-continue-ammunition-initiative-for-ukraine-czech-dm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Czech Republic to continue ammunition initiative for Ukraine - Czech DM - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, Jarom\u00edr Zuna, considers ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/czech-republic-to-continue-ammunition-initiative-for-ukraine-czech-dm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-24T09:43:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pomoshh-1-1200x692-1-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/czech-republic-to-continue-ammunition-initiative-for-ukraine-czech-dm\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/czech-republic-to-continue-ammunition-initiative-for-ukraine-czech-dm\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Czech Republic to continue ammunition initiative for Ukraine &#8211; 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