The Daily Populous Thursday May 21st, 2026 evening edition
Authored by politico.eu and submitted by Life_Worldliness206

Gen. Karel Řehka is pictured at POLITICO's Speakeasy at GLOBSEC in Prague on May 21, 2026. | Baldo Sciacca

“Ukraine is not just a security consumer, it’s also a security provider,” Gen. Karel Řehka says.

The Czech Republic's top general said Ukraine should join NATO in the future as the next "logical step."

"Ukraine is not just a security consumer, it's also a security provider," the chief of the Czech defense staff, Gen. Karel Řehka, told POLITICO's Speakeasy on the sidelines of the GLOBSEC forum in Prague Thursday.

“I'm not saying it's easy. At the end of the day, it's about political consensus, but I think that's the direction we should be heading to," he added.

lacerantplainer on May 21st, 2026 at 15:04 UTC »

The biggest battle tested army in the west with the most innovative solutions to being attacked and fighting NATO's war....it's a no brainer.

ExpressLab6564 on May 21st, 2026 at 11:35 UTC »

We can invite them when nato ver 2 without the US begins. Nato is going to be in trouble when trunp invades a nato member

HarrierJint on May 21st, 2026 at 11:10 UTC »

Ignoring the complexity around this, Ukraine IS now a security provider, and they bring a lot to the table.