Are Czech people going to get mobilized to fight in Ukraine? No, that's not true: Neither NATO nor the government of the Czech Republic has announced any plans to mobilize its population to fight in Ukraine.
The defense alliance NATO, which the Czech Republic is a part of, decided not to deploy troops or enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine, in its attempt to prevent further escalation of the conflict with Russia. Furthermore, the Czech Army also confirmed it had no plans for mobilization at the moment, Czech portal echo24 informed. In order to carry out a military mobilization of the public, it would have to be issued by the government, which it wasn't, according to the government meeting on June 28, 2023.
The claim appeared in a video (archived here) on TikTok where it was published by @pavelmagat on June 28, 2023, without a title. It opened:
So we are supposed to be mobilized so we can go fight in Ukraine? We, like Czechs?
This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Fri Jun 30 14:24:59 2023 UTC)
Misinformation regarding mobilization likely emerged as a reaction to statements made by Karel Rehka, the Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces. In an interview with the Czech Press Agency on June 25, Rehka mentioned that selective mobilization would be necessary in the event of a war with Russia.
