At the beginning of the press conference, Zelenskyy awarded Pavlo with the highest state award of the Order of Prince Jaroslav the Wise for his contribution to Czech-Ukrainian cooperation and the defense of Ukraine.
Ukrainian negotiators are on their way to the United States to discuss the American plan to end the war with Russia. The document on US security guarantees for Kyiv could be signed already during the upcoming conference of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this at a press conference with Czech President Petr Pavlo on Friday, writes TASR.
“We hope that the situation will be clarified, both in connection with the documents that we have already practically prepared with the American side, and also in connection with Russia’s reaction to all ongoing diplomatic work,” declared the Ukrainian president.
Ammo problems
He said some air defense systems supplied to Ukraine by Western allies have run out of ammunition as a result of waves of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. “Until this morning, we had several systems without missiles. Today I can say that openly, because today we already have the missiles,” he added.
Pavel said shortly before this announcement that “the Czech ammunition initiative provides more than 50 percent of large-caliber ammunition for the Ukrainian armed forces.” “I’m glad that with the new government in the Czech Republic, the initiative will continue,” he said, adding that the initiative can secure the same amount of ammunition this year as last year.
Czech support for Ukraine
According to Pavle, the Czech Republic can provide Ukraine “within a relatively short period of time several medium combat aircraft” for defense against drones, early warning systems and generators for possible power and heat failures.
At the beginning of the press conference, Zelenskyy awarded Pavlo the highest state award of the Order of Prince Jaroslav the Wise for his significant contribution to Czech-Ukrainian cooperation and the defense of Ukrainian territory. Earlier, both of them honored the memory of fallen soldiers at the monument in Kyiv.
