Today, 225 Ukrainian servicemen arrive at the Spanish air force base Torrejon near Madrid. 20 of them will receive training in handling HAWK air defense systems, which the country has promised to provide to Kyiv to counter air attacks.. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Defense of Spain.

The rest of the military personnel, who are Ukrainian civilians with no previous military experience, will receive basic training, which will include training in medical care for the wounded and explosive device disposal..

The exercises will be held as part of the program developed for 400 Ukrainian military personnel, which is part of the European Union mission for military assistance to Ukraine.

This is already the second group of Ukrainian military who arrived in Spain for training.. 64 soldiers arrived for training in November and December.

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As reported, the HAWK system is already being prepared for deployment in combat formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.