A warship departed from Spain to deliver to Ukraine the first batch of Leopard 2 tanks promised earlier by the Spanish government. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of the country Margarita Robles, writes CNN..

She added that the tanks left Santander " The equipment will arrive at its destination in 5-6 days. It is also known that the tanks will first arrive in "

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Four more Leopard 2s promised by Spain will be sent to Ukraine as soon as possible after restoration at the Santa Barbara Sistemas plant in Alcala de Guadaira (Seville). Earlier it was reported that the first tanks that Spain sends to Ukraine were in much better condition than the second batch..

If we talk about heavy vehicles that Spain also sent to Ukraine, then we are talking about M113 armored personnel carriers. The fact that they would be sent to Ukraine along with tanks became known at the end of March.. This is an additional batch of M113 in addition to the one transferred in February.

Earlier it was reported that Spain will deploy its NASAMS air defense systems in Estonia. They will protect the sky over one of the NATO air bases.