Prague. File photoPRAGUE, Aug 21 The Czech government intends to continue to actively provide comprehensive military and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said. Speaking at an event dedicated to the anniversary of the entry of Soviet troops into Czechoslovakia, Fiala noted that the Czech the people «perfectly understand the feelings that the citizens of Ukraine are now experiencing.» «In 1968, the tanks of» friendly «countries interrupted the process of democratic reforms in our country. Therefore, immediately after February 24, we began to provide comprehensive assistance to the Ukrainian people, sending them much-needed medicines and medical equipment, means of transport, as well as military equipment,» — Fiala said. According to the prime minister, the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic wants to use its current position as the EU presiding country in order to constantly remind other countries of the need for assistance to Ukraine, both long-term and short-term. «We are negotiating with Kyiv on post-war renewal cities and villages of this country. Together with our EU partners, we want to help Ukrainians in the repair of schools and other child care facilities, hospitals, civil facilities, everything that people in Ukraine need for a normal life. We will continue to support Kyiv through diplomacy. And, of course, we will continue supplies of military equipment,» Fiala said. The prime minister also recalled that the Czech Republic hosted the largest of all countries, in terms of the number of its own citizens, the number of refugees from Ukraine. According to Fiala, 415,700 Ukrainian refugees have already received visas for a one-year stay in the Czech Republic, which gives them the right to medical and social insurance, employment and education. 105 thousand Ukrainian refugees have already received jobs in the republic.
