Spanish authorities will send six Leopard tanks to Ukraine by the end of next week. This has been reported area the kingdom’s ministry of defense.
Defense Minister Margarita Robles visited the GDELS-Santa Bárbara Sistemas arms factory in Alcala de Guadaira, Seville, today to check the commissioning of six Leopard 2A4 vehicles, which are expected to be shipped to Ukraine by the end of next week. Final tests in the landfill,” it said.
In addition, the statement of the defense department states that the overhaul of the equipment was completed in record time.
On March 15, Spain’s Ministry of Defense said it was planning “in the near future”. hand over There are six Leopard 2A4 tanks in Ukraine, and then four more were added to them.
Earlier, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said at an online meeting of the contact group of Western states on military aid to Ukraine that nine countries. pledge Supply 150 Leopard tanks to Kiev. According to him, the equipment will be transferred to Kiev free of charge.