Spain to send ‘offensive military equipment’ to ‘Ukrainian resistance’

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Spain has decided to send “offensive military equipment” to the “Ukrainian resistance”, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said in a speech to parliament today.

“As I see that there are (political) groups questioning the government’s commitment to participate in providing military assistance to Ukraine, ‘I want to tell you that Spain will send offensive military equipment to the Ukrainian resistance,'” Sanchez said. details of the type of weapons to be given to Kyiv.

So far, the Spanish government has limited itself to pointing out that its contribution to Ukraine is part of the 450m euros announced by EU leaders on Sunday.

Before parliament, Sanchez called the Russian invasion of Ukraine an attack on European values.

“(Russian President Vladimir Putin) does not accept the strengthening of the EU” and his decision to invade Ukraine is “a violent attempt to stop the creation of a European, political space based on values ​​diametrically opposed to the authoritarianism he represents.” , underlined the Spanish Prime Minister.

Sanchez also expressed “solidarity with the Russian people,” whom he described as a victim of the Russian president, and called on Putin to “immediately release all those arbitrarily arrested for taking part in anti-war protests in Ukraine.”

Source: AMPE

Source: Capital

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