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Foreign Affairs Minister of Czech Republic Lubomir Zaoralek has said that Czech Republic is ready to accept for treatment Ukrainian military men and civilians who have been injured during the counter-terror operation on the east of Ukraine.

In the course of the talk with journalists in Dnipropetrovsk he said
he understands how serious this problem is, and how close Dnipropetrovsk
region is to the combat zone.

Despite its limited means, the foreign minister said that if
necessary, the Czech Republic is ready to send its special aircraft to
help Ukrainian peaceful citizens in the east to deliver them for
treatment to the Czech Republic.

Zaoralek noted that after the Maidan protests, 39 injured Ukrainians
were sent to the Czech Republic, and even now some are still undergoing
treatment there.