Spain is providing Ukraine with a new military aid package totaling EUR437 million to strengthen the country’s defense capabilities, according to a statement from the press office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following his meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez in Madrid on Thursday.
“This year, Russia has damaged more of our locomotives than in all previous years of this war combined. The power grid and water supply are under constant attack. The situation is difficult, especially in Kyiv, and every step of humanitarian support is also very important,” Zelenskyy said.
During the meeting, the leaders discussed the details of the new defense package, the allocation of which was announced by Sánchez, as well as Ukraine’s most pressing defense needs amid Russian strikes on energy, logistics, and railway infrastructure.
The President of Ukraine thanked the Spanish government for its consistent support throughout the years of full-scale war and expressed his condolences regarding the train crash in Toledo, Spain, which claimed dozens of lives.
“Every day, Russia kills our people, and Ukrainians know just how painful every loss of life is,” Zelenskyy added.
Spain has received more than 200 thousand Ukrainians since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said.
“Spain has more than 200 thousand refugees who came from Ukraine, although we are at a great distance,” he said at the NATO Public Forum in Washington, where the NATO summit is taking place.
According to the prime minister, most Spaniards support the government’s efforts in Ukraine “because we understand what is at stake.”
“It is not only the defense of the territorial integrity, freedom, and the right to existence of a nation, but also respect for a world ruled by clear principles,” he said.
