Half of the ammunition purchased by Czech Republic for Ukraine turned out to be substandard – Financial Times

Half of the shells purchased by the Czech Republic for Ukraine from African and Asian countries were found to be defective.

This was reported to the Financial Times by the supplying company.

The publication states that the shells cannot be sent immediately and will need to be completed with missing components of domestic production. However, deliveries to Ukraine are expected to begin in June.

It is worth noting that recently, Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová mentioned that only four countries have provided funding. These countries are Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands and Portugal.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala added that 15 European Union and NATO countries have contributed €1.6 billion to the Czech initiative.