Former head of the General Staff of the Czech Republic, Major General Jirji Sediva compared with the military attack of the charges against Russian special services in possible involvement of the explosions of ammunition in Vrbetice in 2014. He spoke about it on the air of Czech television, RIA Novosti reports.
Sediva noted that such actions on the part of Russia could be equated to a violation of the sovereignty of the Czech Republic or practically an attack on its territory. According to him, this was his first response to the claims of the Czech authorities. The general stressed that in this situation it is necessary to comprehensively “deal with relations with Russia.”
Czech Republic announced the expulsion from the country of 18 Russian diplomats earlier on April 17. They are suspected of working on Russian special services, which are allegedly involved in the explosion in the warehouse of ammunition in Vrbetice on October 16, 2014. Then exploded, presumably ten thousand kilograms of ammunition, including medium-range missiles. As a result, two people died. The reason for the explosion remained unknown, on one of the versions he happened due to the negligence of workers.
Later, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova responded to the expulsion of Russian diplomats. She stated that “Prague is well known that follows the like focus.”