Czech MoD requests increase in budget due to Ukraine situation

The Czech Ministry of Defense has sent a request to the Ministry of Finance to increase its budget by 1.4 billion crowns (approximately 56 million euros), Report informs citing TASS that the CTK news agency said on Saturday.

The requested funds will be directed for the urgent acquisition of military equipment and other things necessary to strengthen the defense capability of the republic. Mainly, according to the news agency, they will go to the purchase of Tatra off-road trucks, which are produced at the plant of the same name in the city of Kopřivnice in the northeast of the Czech Republic.

The Ministry of Defense substantiates the need to strengthen the defense capability of the Czech Republic and accelerate the procurement of modern equipment for the national Armed Forces of the actions of Russia in Ukraine. Recently, the budget of the military department was increased by 1 billion crowns (about €40 million), to 89.15 billion crowns (about €3.366 billion), CTK noted.