The Ukrainian national minority in the Czech Republic together with the citizens of Ukraine make up the largest membership base with more than 203,198 members.
Labour migration from Ukraine or southeast Slovakia to what is now the Czech Republic began to grow to a large scale in the early 1990s.
[5] However, as of October 2018[update], figures of the Czech Statistical Office showed that number had grown to 132,481, making Ukrainians the largest group of foreigners in the Czech Republic, with a 30% share of the foreign population.
In the first days of the outbreak, the government of the Czech Republic condemned the attack on Ukraine.
Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced extensive aid to Ukraine and its citizens, including the provision of military equipment.