PM faces backlash over Ukraine comments

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said that military aid to Ukraine has "created holes in our own defense capabilities," sparking a backlash from opposition parties.

The premier made the comments in an interview with the Hudson Institute on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington.

SYRIZA MP and former defense minister Evangelos Apostolakis reiterated the main opposition party's stance against sending weapons systems, emphasizing that assistance to Ukraine should not undermine Greece's defense.

Apostolakis noted that the government had assured the party that there was no strain on Greece's defense after sending aid to Ukraine.

The minor New Left opposition party also criticized Mitsotakis' statements regarding the Czech initiative, through which some 20 countries coordinate to provide financial and military aid to Ukraine.

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