Czech General Reiterates Support for Ukraine Amidst Growing International Pressure for Concessions
prague – Chief of the General Staff Karel โขลehka has once againโ voiced support for Ukraine, even as Kyiv faces escalating โpressure from the United States and Russia to accept a peace planโค involving significantโค territorial โconcessions. ลehka’s advocacy follows a recent fundraising event for Ukraine, where concerns โคwere raised that his publicโข stance was exacerbating tensions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the pressure on his country as “extraordinary,” stating Ukraine might potentially be โforced to choose between territorial loss and a loss of dignity. This comes in response to a leaked โAmerican 28-point peace plan reportedly requiring Ukraine to cede โขoccupied territories,including Crimea,limit it’s military size,and forgoโ NATO membership. Zelenskyy, who pledged to defend Ukraine’s independence in 2019, has rejected any โขsolution compromising Ukrainianโ sovereignty, stating, “We didโ not betray Ukraineโข in 2022 and we will not do it now โฃeither.”
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, inโ a Fox News interview, asserted โa deadline for Kyiv toโ accept the White House’s plan, declaring, “It’s over on Thursday.” He warned ofโ further territorial losses for Ukraine if the plan is rejected and claimed Russian president Vladimir Putin does not seek further war, asserting Russia poses no threat to theโข Baltics or wider Europe.
The kremlin has echoed the urgency,with Peskov urgingโ Zelenskyy to “act now and not later,” citing Russian military advances in eastern Ukraine and a shrinking defensive space for Kyiv.
ลehka’s continued โขsupport forโฃ Ukraine follows a recent event where he participated in a raffle and a significant donation was โmade for theโ honorary chairman.Some voices suggested his activity wasโฃ “adding fuel to the fire.”
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