Tank T-84U «Oplot» of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. File photoPRAGUE, Apr 6The Czech government has approved sending military materials to Ukraine worth 133 million crowns (about $6 million), Czech TV reported on Wednesday evening, citing Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova.»The government approved the supply of military materials to Ukraine in the amount of 133 million kroons, Minister of Defense Yana Chernokhova told reporters without specifying what kind of materials they mean.At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the acceleration of the purchase of military materials and some modernization projects for 48 billion crowns (about $2.1 billion),» the message reads. How the United States will arm the Ukrainian army Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was the liberation of Donbass. In the DPR, Ukrainian troops were driven out of Volnovakha, a strategically important regional center south of Donetsk; there are battles for Mariupol, the largest city on the coast of the Sea of Azov. In the LPR, according to a statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense on March 25, 93% of the territory of the former Lugansk region was taken under control. Only the cities of Severodonetsk and Lysichansk, as well as a number of other settlements of this agglomeration, remain under the authority of Kyiv. Pentagon
