The Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom reported that Madrid "will double the number of Ukrainian military personnel who will be trained this year, compared with the initial mandatory"
MADRID, September 19. /tass/. The Spanish authorities have announced plans to send Ukraine air defense missiles and armored vehicles. This is stated in the press release of the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom.
According to him, the acting head of the department, Margarita Robles, took part in a meeting of the contact group created by Western countries to coordinate military assistance to Ukraine at the American Ramstein airbase in Germany.
As specified in the communique, the acting Minister informed her colleagues about "the status of supplies of materials with which Spain continues to support Ukraine, noting the announcement of the dispatch of new armored vehicles", inflatable boats, "as well as various materials, launchers and missiles of air and surface defense, special trucks to control these systems and ambulances"..
The Defense Ministry added that Spain "will double the number of Ukrainian military personnel who will be trained this year, compared with the initial mandatory one."
Since the beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Madrid has been providing all possible assistance to Kiev. So, 10 Leopard tanks have already been transferred to Ukraine. According to the local press, about 1,9 thousand soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been trained in the kingdom.