The Visegrad countries have agreed that Russia is the aggressor in the war in Ukraine and that the latter must be aided.
After a summit in Prague, the prime ministers of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia agreed that their countries would continue supporting Ukraine “in all areas including weapon and ammunition deliveries”. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico of Slovakia called for peace talks as soon as possible. Petr Fiala said Czechia had committed to organizing ammunition procurement from third countries “since European countries have run out of free reserves”. The scheme is supported by some 15 countries, Fiala said. Donald Tusk called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal”. “The differences between the Visegrad countries are not as large as they seemed earlier,” Tusk said.