Robles appreciates the distinction of honor from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and reinforces the commitment to the country

The ambassador in Spain says that "there is no doubt that Ukraine has to be a full member of the European Union and NATO"

MADRID, 28 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Acting Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, has been awarded this Monday with the distinction of honor from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for the help provided to the Ukrainian people. "This is a great honor", she has highlighted and has reinforced her commitment to the Ukrainian people: "Spain will always be with Ukraine".

The delivery took place at the Ukrainian Embassy in Spain and was also attended by the Ukrainian ambassador to our country, Serhii Pohoreltsev, along with three of the wounded soldiers who are currently in the Zaragoza military hospital receiving medical treatment.

"It has been a very emotional act, I want to thank the Minister of Defense of Ukraine and the entire Ukrainian Government, Spain feels very close to Ukraine, from the beginning of this terrible invasion by Putin", Robles stressed before the journalists.

During the event, the Secretary General for Defense Policy, Juan Francisco Martínez Núñez, and the Director General for Defense Policy, Fernando José López del Pozo, were also awarded the 'Assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine' medal.

For Robles there is "a single culprit breaking all the rules" which is Putin and Ukraine has to continue defending the "democratic" values ​​of "peace and freedom" as it has been doing up to now, in the face of a war that has exceeded any "tolerable limit". .

For his part, Pohoreltsev thanked Spain for "showing leadership and coherence in promoting all international initiatives focused on condemning the Russian aggression against Ukraine" and highlighted the training they are currently receiving at the facilities of the Spanish Armed Forces 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers and the medical treatment of another 60, in the Military Hospital of Zaragoza.

"Support for Ukraine is something that the Government has been working on and will continue to do so with international projection," said the socialist minister, and for this reason the executive has offered "everything that was always within the possibilities" of our country.

He also recalled that the 10 'Leopard' vehicles offered by Spain are already in the country, as well as the latest consignment of TOA armored vehicles.

This Tuesday, on the occasion of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union, the Ministerial meeting of Defense and Foreign Affairs takes place in Toledo, where the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmitró Kuleba, and the Minister of Defense, Oleksii, will be present. Reznikov, virtually.

Kuleba arrives in our country after his visit this Monday to his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky, as a guest of honor at the annual conference of ambassadors and later he will go to Paris to meet with French leaders and the country's main defense industries.

The main topics of the talks in the Czech Republic, France and Spain will be the new arms supplies to strengthen the Ukrainian army, including the strengthening of the air defense, the promotion of the Peace Formula and the preparations for the World Summit for Peace, and the opening of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU by the end of this year.

"There is no doubt that Ukraine has to be a full member of the European Union and NATO," the Ukrainian ambassador remarked to the media.