The Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, has defended this Tuesday the “world help” of Spain for Ukraine however has averted the talk on delivering fight plane to Kiev, recalling that the Armed Forces don’t have the F-16 fighters requested by the president Ukrainian, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Robles recalled that six of the ten tanks dedicated to Zelenski have already been delivered, a cloth that’s thought of key to the counteroffensive that Kiev is making ready to recuperate areas of the Donbas area.
In any case, concerning the talk on the fighters, as soon as the United States has given the go-ahead to export these assets to the Ukrainian Army, Robles has indicated that Spain doesn’t have the F-16s requested by Ukraine and at this second can’t present this help. .
“Absolute and whole help inside our availability to Ukraine and on the difficulty of fighters, solidarity with different international locations, however particularly Spain doesn’t have the F-16s,” he pressured, to rule out coaching Ukrainian pilots for the second since Spain has F-18s and Eurofighters and every fighter “has its dynamics.”
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On the opposite hand, Robles has defended the “world help” of Spain within the context of the warfare, emphasizing the coaching work on Spanish soil and the fabric and ammunition despatched to Ukraine. “Spain goes to contribute what it could actually and what it has in keeping with its availability, however we additionally assume the coaching work and the work of accompanying the wounded and in addition coaching army well being staff are essential,” he assured.
On whether or not this step to bolster the Ukrainian air forces means escalating the battle, the Defense Minister has pressured that there’s a “sole particular person accountable” for the warfare in Ukraine who’s the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, whereas Kiev defends itself in opposition to aggression . “The one who’s escalating the warfare is Putin when he continues to assault the civilian inhabitants day by day”, she has pressured.