One of the brand new era Leopard tanks that Spain has in Latvia. Ministry of Defense
The Minister of Defense introduced it throughout her speech in CongressThe 2A4 tanks are being repaired in SevilleSpain may ship extra tanks if Ukraine and the allies demand it
Six would be the tanks that Spain will ship to Ukraine this spring. Defense Minister Margarita Robles confirmed this on Wednesday in Congress. Our nation will ship six 2A4 ‘Leopard’ battle tanks to Ukraine and will ship extra “if needed” and the Government of Volodimir Zelenski and NATO demand it.
In a debate in Congress on the army assist offered to Ukraine because the begin of the warfare a yr in the past, Robles has specified that Spain is already repairing a sophisticated part of ‘Leopard’, that are six fight tanks, and will put additional operation if needed.
The trolleys that had been in a warehouse in Zaragoza had been transferred to Seville, the place the fine-tuning duties had been carried out. Spain plans to ship them to Ukraine through the spring.
Our nation can be offering coaching on these battle tanks to 55 Ukrainian troopers, who arrived in our nation final Friday. They are being skilled on the San Gregorio maneuver area in Zaragoza. There they are going to obtain coaching for 2 and a half months.
A Nassam battery for Estonia
The minister didn’t wish to go into particulars concerning the cargo of the tanks or about the remainder of the weapons equipped to Ukraine out of “prudence”, though she did evaluation a number of the shipments which have been made. In whole, there have been 54 transports to Ukraine (42 by air and the remaining by land and sea) and tons of warfare materials, which Robles has insisted on calling “defensive materials.”
It has additionally ensured {that a} Nassam anti-missile battery shall be deployed in Armari (Estonia) for 4 months and that it’s going to have 80 Spanish troopers stationed there. It is an “categorical request of the Estonian Government” and that has the approval of the Council of Ministers. Robles has insisted that Spain can even keep the Spanish naval deployment inside NATO.