Czech felony authorities are investigating suspicions associated to the transportation of drones from Czechia to Ukraine.

Supply: Czech Defence Minister Jana Černohová within the Partie dialogue programme on CNN Prima Information; České Noviny, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: This refers back to the Nemesis mission organised by the Skupina D affiliation. The deputy chairman of the opposition ANO, Radek Vondráček, who met with the minister in the course of the debate, mentioned that ANO would need to focus on the difficulty within the Chamber of Deputies. The suspicions had been beforehand expressed by Paweł Różyczka, deputy chairman of the Defence Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (ANO).

On Thursday, 6 February, the Aktuálně.cz web site reported that particular forces illegally transported drones to Ukraine. The drones got here from a group organised, particularly, by actor Ondřej Vetchý. The server acknowledged that the felony proceedings concerning the military's cooperation with the Skupina D affiliation straight involved particular forces.

Navy police spokesperson Kateřina Mlýnková instructed the server that the investigation was into "doable unauthorised dealing with of property of the Ministry of Defence and doable use of army personnel exterior the duties of the armed forces".

Aktuálně.cz reviews that members of the 601st Particular Forces Group transported the army supplies to Ukraine, however they didn’t have parliamentary permission to take action.

Quote from Černohová: "Regulation enforcement businesses at the moment are investigating all suspicions, and I’m glad about this as a result of that is the one means we’ll get forgiveness or a verdict, no matter whether or not there was a violation or not."

Particulars: "The accusations are, after all, severe," she added, stressing that she couldn’t ignore them. Final yr, the minister mentioned that the Navy Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defence was investigating the difficulty. She mentioned the army police are at present investigating the case. She denied that she would strain or incite the police or the inspectorate.

Quote: "If the Minister of Defence receives any data based mostly on an attraction from the Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee that seems within the public area, and Różyczka obtained it from troopers, then I’ve to examine it.

I strongly consider that the Nemesis Affiliation, which is led by all these individuals who communicate on this public house, will clarify all these points."

Particulars: She harassed the necessity to observe the legislation and acceptable procedures whereas defending herself towards accusations that she doesn’t need to assist Ukraine.

Quote: "You possibly can't simply exit of enterprise and say every part is okay after we understand it's not, coming from the investigation of the inspection."

Particulars: She additionally acknowledged that it doesn’t appear to be regular that one of many founders of the affiliation, Jan Veverka, has a diplomatic passport. "He acquired it within the flawed means, it doesn’t adjust to all of the authorized norms that we now have within the ministry," she added.

The minister mentioned she would additionally like to deal with the difficulty to Czech President Petr Pavel, because it additionally issues the commander of the 601st Group, Basic Miroslav Hofirek. She emphasised that diplomatic passports can’t be issued on the entrance of the Ministry of International Affairs based mostly on the signature of an unauthorised individual, i.e. Basic Hofirek.

Background:

• Final yr, Černohová raised issues in regards to the involvement of the Czech Chief of Basic Employees within the Nemesis initiative, which procures drones for Ukraine – a mission that was then inspected by the inspectorate as a result of army services had been used for drone testing.
• Černohová herself mentioned that this dispute with the Chief of the Basic Employees was "not the primary and never the final" and that relations with him had been "good on knowledgeable degree".
• In December, the Czech initiative to boost funds for the acquisition of drones to be used in fight in Ukraine raised greater than CZK203 million (over €8 million).

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