Madrid sent 10 more upgraded Leopard 2A4 battle tanks to Ukraine, reported the "Kyiv Independent".
According to the Spanish Ministry of Defense, the tanks were repaired, maintained and tested at the manufacturing plant Santa Barbara Sistemas in the province of Seville. With this batch, the total number of Leopard 2A4 tanks handed over by Spain to Ukraine reached 20.
The next batch is scheduled to be delivered in the second half of 2024.
In addition to tanks, Kiev will also receive several excavators and a number of anti-tank missiles. The equipment is expected to arrive in Poland this weekend before being delivered to Ukraine's armed forces.
In late May, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement between the two countries.
According to the agreement, Madrid will provide Kyiv with support in the amount of 1 billion euros in 2024 and 5 billion euros by 2027 | BGNES