Prague's most significant contribution to Ukraine's defense has been its ammunition initiative. "These are very dangerous issues, both for the security of the Czech Republic and its prestige abroad, because a number of other countries — our allies — are taking part in the Czech initiative," Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said that halting the ammunition initiative would be a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Radicals challenge Western tiesFar-left and far-right parties vying for influence in the next government are challenging not only the ammunition initiative, but also Czechia's entire geopolitical orientation. It was Babis's previous government that expelled dozens of Russian diplomats in 2021 over suspicions that Moscow's agents blew up a Czech ammunition depot seven years prior.