The #Czech Republic's President #Pavel says in an German #ARD interview that #Ukraine will be getting 180,000 artillery shells in June.
"I, along with our Prime Minister Petr #Fiala, assume that the first 180,000 pieces of ammunition will be delivered in June, and there are already contracts for a further five to six-digit number of grenades."
@alcinoe I always advice volunteers to turn their attention to less cryptic languages when they turn their attention to Hungarian - other than you are born with it it is a hard nut to crack...
@alcinoe not impossible though. Remembering a course mate at uni who was actually studying Hungarian and could come up with some real Hungarian words (historically originated in Transylvania) I never heard of and couldn't make sense of 😀
2 Russian-born #Czech citizens ran a #hotel in #Greece that doubled as #SafeHouse for infamous unit of Russia’s military intelligence agency (GRU) as it carried out #bombings & #poisonings across Europe
Husband/wife Nikolay & Elena #Saposnikov ran Villa Elena, a 3-story hotel hosted members of #Kremlin's “most grimly accomplished #assassination and #sabotage squad,” Unit #29155, on a regular basis for the last 15 years.
Slovak activists collected over 2.6 million euros ($2.8 million) for the #Czech ammunition initiative for #Ukraine in five days after the Slovak government refused to participate.
Slovak citizens started their campaign "Ammunition for Ukraine" on April 16 to raise additional funds for the Czech-led initiative of purchasing 500,000 155 mm shells and 300,000 122 mm shells outside of Europe to provide Ukraine with them.
@glynmoody this muddies the water of copyright even more — when creators are urged to use AI tools by their employers, but the result is not copyrightable at all, who owns for example a comic, if unspecified parts of the comic could be non-copyrightable? What happens if the creators just keep the AI-generated parts and build their own comics on top of them, re-creating visuals similar to what they got paid for?
@igorshusko#Czech counterintelligence busting traitors working for the #Kremlin throughout Western nations is just the tip of the iceberg. Russia is winning the subversion battle against the West.
"We have uncovered a pro-Russian network that was developing an operation to spread Russian influence and undermine security across Europe. Therefore we added two individuals and one legal entity to the sanctions list. Domestic authorities subsequently seized their assets."
We've got a #Czech-focused podcast for you this week. We're discussing what happened when the Wall Street Journal rather patronisingly described Czechia as 'a small ex-Soviet satellite state'. Plus, why the Czech government is so much less scared of China than others in Europe.
The #Czech Republic is trying to deliver ammunition to #Ukraine “as fast as possible,” said Czech President Petr #Pavel.
“Production of the required number of shells takes time. This requires an increase in our production capacity. But Ukraine needs shells now. We can’t wait for European companies, so we try to find ammunition wherever we can. Put it to Ukraine as quickly as possible. But in parallel, we increase our own capacities,”
@fulelo Words to read while we still can: "It is evident that contemporary populism, nourished by the deluge of disinformation frequently managed by countries hostile to us, is revivifying the ancient demons of nationalism. Our common task, once again, is to close the floodgates against those demons..."
President Petr #Pavel announced that it was possible to collect the necessary amount as part of the #Czech plan to purchase 800,000 artillery shells for #Ukraine. But this is contradicted by national security adviser Tomáš #Pojar, who coordinates this initiative. "He was probably talking about the first delivery, we haven't covered the entire initiative yet"
"So far we have managed to raise enough money to purchase the first shipment of 300000 artillery shells"
Ukraine may receive the first of 800,000 #artillery#shells identified through a Czech-led allied initiative within weeks
The initiative is demonstrating we are actually doing something, not waiting what is going to happen on Capitol Hill
While the U.S. Senate approved a $95 billion aid bill, allocating $60 billion for Ukraine, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to put it to a vote
