After Germany, Spain, Netherlands and Finland positive to send Leopard 2 to Ukraine

THE Spain is open to the supply of German manufacture tanks Leopard 2 in UkraineDefense Minister Margarita Robles said today, after the Germany’s decision to send the tanks and allow other NATO member countries to do the same.

THE Netherlands he also stated ready to deliver tanks to Ukraine if needed and Finland that they will be among the countries sending tanks to that country.

Robles told the EFE news agency that Spain would act in coordination with Western allies in helping Ukraine repel the Russian invasion.

According to Elcano think tank security and defense researcher Feliz Arteaga, Spain has 108 24A tanks. About half of them are in the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla and 53 are in reserve and will need to be re-equipped, said Arteaga, who added that it would likely take a few months to be ready.

THE Netherlands is ready to deliver tanks to Ukraine if needed, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said for his part. “If a contribution from the Netherlands helps, we are ready to do it,” Rutte told Dutch network RTL.

Rutte said the Netherlands could choose to buy tanks it now leases from Germany and give them to Ukraine.

Her defense minister FinlandMikko Savola, said his country would join the group of countries sending tanks to Ukraine, although its contribution would be limited.

“International cooperation for the Leopards mission in Ukraine is now moving forward and Finland will participate,” Savola told reporters, refusing, according to APE-MPE, to say more about the size of the Finnish contribution.