The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, held a new conversation this Sunday with the President of Ukraine Volodímir Zelensky, in which he reiterated Spain’s “firm support will be maintained as long as necessary” to confront the invasion of Russia and has announced that during this year, our country will deliver “new capabilities” to confront this aggression.
In a message broadcast on the social network respect the essential principles of the United Nations Charter.” In this sense, Sánchez guarantees that the Spanish Government will support a future peace conference that “must have broad international support,” he points out.
According to government sources, President Zelensky has thanked Spanish support for Ukraine, both bilaterally and within the framework of the European Union, and President Sánchez has condemned the Russian attacks on the civilian population. Both countries are currently negotiating a long-term political security agreement, within the framework of the declaration of support for Ukraine issued by the G7 countries in Vilnius in July 2023 and supported by Spain.
Sánchez’s conversation with Zelensky comes on a new day of massive Russian bombings in Ukrainian territory in response to the Moscow attacks perpetrated by the Islamic State last Friday, attacks perpetrated by a group of Islamists who, according to Russian information, They intended to flee to Ukrainian soil after committing the attack.
Among the aid promised by the President of the Government is the sending of Leopard tanks, as La Vanguardia reported this week. These will be 19 Leopard 2A4 battle tanks of the Army, which must be ready at the Santa Bárbara Sistemas factory in Alcalá de Guadaíra (Seville). This shipment is planned to be made in two shipments: ten battle tanks before the end of June and another nine in September.
