- Explosions were reported in Kyiv, air defense neutralizes drones.
- Petr Pavel visited Kyiv during his third official trip to Ukraine.
- In the town of Vynnyky, he visited a hospital that was also reconstructed by the Czech Republic.
Czech President Petr Pavel continues his third visit to Ukraine in the office of the head of state on Friday. He arrived in Kyiv by train from the city of Lviv, where he was welcomed by the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiha. Pavel will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other representatives in the Ukrainian capital. TASR informs about this according to reports from the Novinky.cz portal and the ČT24 station.
Ukrainian sources claim that explosions were heard in Kyiv on Friday morning, and the mayor of the city, Vitalij Klitschko, announced that the air defense was neutralizing the drones. The news noted that there is still no information about the possible consequences of the attacks.
Sybiha also informed about Pavel’s arrival in Kyiv. “We look forward to meaningful negotiations with President Zelensky to advance our strategic partnership, defense cooperation and efforts for peace.” wrote on the X network.
Pavel arrived in Ukraine on Thursday. In the city of Lviv in the west of the country, he met with local officials and the Minister of Veterans Affairs Nataliya Kalmykova. According to the Czech president, the Ukrainian side expressed gratitude for the fact that the new government of the Czech Republic under the leadership of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš decided to continue the munitions initiative.
In the town of Vynnyky in the Lviv region, Pavel visited a hospital in the reconstruction of which the Czech Republic participated financially. “Hospital teaching classes for children and specialized rehabilitation clinics with prosthetic centers have become a regular part of the local health system,” wrote Pavel on the X network, where he also published photos from the visit to the aforementioned hospital. He explained that the Czech Republic contributed financially to the reconstruction of the surgery department and operating theaters in Vynnyky, where Czech doctors come throughout the year as part of the MEDEVAC program.
At the same time, Pavel noted that more than half of war veterans return to the front after treatment. Czech companies specialized in natural gas extraction, renewable energy, heating or water heating are participating in the renewal of the energy sector in Ukraine – according to Patra Pavl’s contribution on the X network. He noted that it was a “beautiful example of aid and economic cooperation going hand in hand.” At a time when “darkness and winter have become a form of coercion”, Czechs act not only as entrepreneurs, but above all as partners and alliesadded Pavel.
