Czech PM Says Putin Will Create New Soviet Union if We Don’t Stop Him Now

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Petr Fiala told The Daily Beast that Western allies need to rush more anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles to Ukraine to halt the Russian advance.

Published Mar. 23 2022 4:34AM EDT

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Petr Fiala has powerful early memories of tanks. In August of 1968, the Soviet Army invaded Czechoslovakia and crushed an uprising against the Soviet Union’s dictatorial rule.

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Czech PM Says Putin Will Create New Soviet Union if We Don’t Stop Him Now

Petr Fiala told The Daily Beast that Western allies need to rush more anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles to Ukraine to halt the Russian advance.

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Eduard Freisler