By the end of June, Spain will also be ready to transfer Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, the country’s Ministry of Defense said.
Spain will send more missiles to Ukraine for Patriot air defense systems. The country’s Defense Minister Margarita Robles announced this at the 21st meeting in the Ramstein format on Friday, April 26, according to the department’s website.
“The head of the Spanish Ministry of Defense confirmed the intentions of Madrid to contribute to the air defense of Ukraine by sending a set of interceptor missiles for the Patriot complexes. They will arrive at the logistics base in four that day,” the message said.
It is also indicated that in the near future Spain plans to send additional 155 and 120 mm shells to Ukraine. And in the next two months, provide the Defense Forces with light and heavy machine guns, protected logistics vehicles on wheels, armored infantry vehicles, anti-tank weapons and field artillery howitzers.
The Spanish Defense Minister said that the preparation of new Leopard tanks for the transfer to Ukraine is going according to plan and the first units will be ready by the end of June.
“These deliveries will be accompanied by the provision of various anti-aircraft surveillance systems and remote weapons for the defense against drones, systems that are being prepared by the Spanish defense industry,” added Robles.
As you know, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Policy and Security, Josep Borrell, said that the member countries of the EU have to take the Patriot anti-aircraft system from the hangars where they are ” just in case” and give them to Ukraine.
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