THE President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman gave the “green light” on Wednesday (11/5) to about 100 Czech citizens to help the Ukrainian army fight the Russian forces in Ukraineannounced his representative.
The once pro-Russian Czech president changed his mind after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24. A few days later, he called his longtime ally “crazy”Russian President Vladimir Putin.
«Today Wednesday (Zeman) signed at their own request, a decision approving the enlistment of 103 civilians in the Ukrainian armed forcesSaid the spokesman for the presidency, Giri Ovchanek.
From the beginning of the war and after the call made by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky for the creation of a “multinational brigade” many foreign volunteers of different nationalities are fighting on the side of the Ukrainians.
The volunteers are now waiting to receive approval from Prime Minister Petr Fiala before leaving for Ukraine. A spokesman for President Zeman said he did not see any reason for the prime minister to block their departure.
The two politicians had agreed in March not to punish Czechs leaving to fight in Ukraine. Czech law prohibits the country’s citizens from fighting abroad.
The Czech Republic has been a member of NATO since 1999. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has ruled out the immediate involvement of NATO forces in the Ukraine war.
The Fiala government has provided about 118 million euros in military aid to Ukraine.
The pro-Russians in Kherson want to demand the annexation of the region to Russia
The authorities now that Moscow has established in its Ukrainian territory Hersonissos They intend to ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to annex it to Russia, pro-Russian local officials said on Wednesday (11/5).
“A request will be made (to Putin) for the annexation of the Kherson region to the Russian Federation”said Kirill Stremusov, deputy head of the Kherson military-political administration, speaking to Russian news agencies.
For its part, the Kremlin commented that the people of Kherson are the ones who will decide whether they want to join Russia.but added that the decision should have a strong legal basis.
Putin has called for the Russian military to invade Ukraine after accusing Kyiv of slaughtering and persecuting Russian-speakers. He had assured that he did not want to occupy Ukrainian territories.
The area of ​​the Peninsula, located north of Crimea, which Moscow annexed in 2014, is vital for supplying the peninsula with water.
The occupation of Kherson, which is the only real military success that Moscow has recorded since its invasion of Ukraine, also allows Russia to create a land bridge connecting Crimea, Donetsk, which is controlled by pro-Russian separatist rebels, and Russian territory.
Source: News Beast
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