Just last week, President Petr Pavel offered to provide several light fighter planes to Kiev
The Czech Republic will not sell or give Ukraine light fighter planes, Prime Minister Andrej Babis has said, nixing a plan proposed earlier by President Petr Pavel.
During a visit to Kiev on Friday, Pavel said that Prague could shortly provide Ukraine with several jets and mentioned that it has offered to buy several Czech-made subsonic L-159 aircraft.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Babis insisted that Prague needs the planes for its own security.
“The aircraft have a service life of about 15 more years and the army needs them,” he said at a…
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