Ukraine's Zelenskiy gets Czech pledge for more ammo, pilot training on Prague visit

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic volition grow grooming for Ukrainian pilots and support a programme to present artillery ammunition to Ukraine, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said connected Monday, aft hosting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Zelenskiy was successful Prague arsenic portion of stepped up efforts to rally European partners, portion the U.S. medication pushes for a ceasefire successful the much than three-year-old war.

The Czechs person been beardown backers of Kyiv, spearheading a thrust to root shells for Ukraine utilizing financing from allies, which delivered astir 1.5 cardinal rounds past year.

Fiala said connected Monday that fractional a cardinal shells had already been delivered since the commencement of 2025. Zelenskiy and Czech President Petr Pavel said connected Sunday that 1.8 cardinal rounds could travel this year.

In a quality league with Zelenskiy, Fiala said a well-armed Ukraine was the champion information warrant successful Europe. He said the Czech Republic would grow grooming of Ukrainian pilots, including for F-16 jets, without giving details.

While the Czech Republic does not ain F-16s, it has supplied chopper simulators to Ukraine. Zelenskiy supported the efforts for a Ukrainian-Czech F-16 grooming school. "We are acceptable to instrumentality this task arsenic soon arsenic possible," helium said.

Zelenskiy said connected Sunday astatine the commencement of his Prague sojourn that a ceasefire with Russia was imaginable astatine immoderate moment.

He has called connected allies to use greater unit connected Russia, and has said helium and U.S. President Donald Trump person agreed that a 30-day ceasefire was the close archetypal measurement towards ending the war.

(Reporting by Jan Lopatka successful Prague and Yuliia Dysa successful Gdansk, penning by Jason Hovet)