Slovak crowdfunders raised almost €2 million to help supply artillery ammunition to Kyiv.

Reuters reported on this.

The Slovak “Ammunition for Ukraine” fundraising campaign emerged after the Fico government refused to participate in the Czech government’s initiative to purchase hundreds of thousands of artillery rounds for Ukraine outside the EU.

One of its initiators, 99-year-old journalist Otto Simko, said in the video that had launched the campaign that Russia had needed to be expelled from Ukraine so that “peace can be spoken of on terms that suit Ukrainian independence”.

“When I heard about the Czech government’s initiative, I was very pleased to hear that all ways are being sought to help Ukraine defend itself against the (Russian) aggressor, because there is no other way,” said Simko.

Fundraisers say the campaign is aimed at showing a majority do not agree with the government’s shift in foreign policy since September’s election.

The “Ammunition for Ukraine” drive had raised €1.94 million in four days.

According to the initiative’s website, more than 30,000 contributors make an average donation of €64.

According to the co-organizer of the fundraising campaign, Zuzana Izsakova said fundraising would be open-ended, with proceeds going to the Czech ammunition drive, from which the first deliveries to Ukraine were expected in June.

As previously reported, the Slovak Prime Minister claims that his country has nothing more to give to Ukraine.

Robert Fico emphasized that Slovakia had nothing more to give to Ukraine, criticizing the previous government for providing Ukraine with the S-300 system. He said he would never have done so.

The Slovak Prime Minister also mentioned the joint meeting of the governments of Slovakia and Ukraine, pointing to the various forms of aid Slovakia provides to Ukraine, such as demining.

At the same time, he emphasized that the conflict in Ukraine, in his opinion, had no military solution.