The Slovak cabinet’s unwillingness to support the Czech government’s plan to purchase hundreds of thousands of shells for the Ukrainian armed forces is the reason behind the campaign.
“Putin must be forced from Ukraine. Otto Simko, a Holocaust survivor and participant in the 1944 Slovak National Uprising against the Nazis, declared, “We have to defeat him.” He was a founding member of the 99-year-old battle against the government’s policy.
“I experienced the Second World War firsthand. In it, I engaged in combat. I can assure you that there was no use in trying to negotiate with Hitler and that there.
The idea for crowdsourcing Slovak aid for Kyiv came about as a result of a chance conversation the veteran Slovak had with a journalist and a philosopher.
