Spain will ship missiles for Patriot air protection methods to Ukraine, Spanish Protection Minister Margarita Robles confirmed yesterday Friday.
Earlier, Spanish newspaper El Pais revealed that Madrid had determined to produce Kiev with surface-to-air missiles for Patriot methods, however with out launchers or radar.
Robles confirmed the report in a teleconference of the Contact Group on the Protection of Ukraine, the Spanish Protection Ministry mentioned. The briefing notes that Robles didn’t specify whether or not or not Spain would ship Patriot radars and launchers.
Spain has three Patriot arrays, one in all which is stationed in Turkey as a part of NATO's deployment of forces to discourage missile assaults from Syria.
The Spanish Protection Minister additionally underlined Madrid's unwavering assist for Kiev, assuring that it’s going to proceed to strengthen the Ukrainian military in its combat in opposition to the Russian invaders. On this context, it is going to ship further Leopard tanks, that are presently being repaired. The primary batch is estimated to be deployed in Ukraine by the top of June.
Efforts are additionally being made to ship machine weapons, armored autos, anti-tank weapons and artillery shells, Robles mentioned.
Ukraine has repeatedly requested Patriot methods to repel Russian assaults. On Monday, EU overseas coverage chief Josep Borrell urged EU member states to ship air protection methods to Ukraine. Subsequently, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz additionally made an analogous enchantment to NATO allies.
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