MADRID, 5 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, held a 20-minute telephone conversation this Thursday with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodímir Zelenski, in which he reiterated Spain’s commitment to continue training Ukrainian soldiers and more shipments of military material “as long as necessary”.
“I have just spoken with Zelenski to whom I have reiterated Spain’s full support until peace is reached,” Sánchez wrote in a message on his Twitter profile in which he also indicated that Spain will continue to send material to Ukraine and instruct their armed forces. “Another 200 Ukrainian soldiers begin their training this month in Toledo,” he added.
The telephone conversation, at the request of the Ukrainian leader, is part of a round of talks that Zelenski is having with various international leaders such as Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Giorgia Meloni, Justin Trudeau or Narendra Modi.
As Moncloa explained, the first training rotation for Ukrainian units at the Training Coordination Center in Toledo ended in December, and the second rotation will begin in January with the arrival of 192 soldiers.
In addition, since the war in Ukraine began, Spain has given temporary protection to 161,321 people affected by the conflict in the country, which makes Spain the fifth country in the EU by number of concessions.
Likewise, the Government highlights that 74,733 Ukrainians have been registered in the National Health System and more than 13,451 Ukrainians with Temporary Protection are already registered for employment.
With regard to the support deployed in other areas since the beginning of the armed conflict, Spain has provided a value of 250 million euros through the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the shipment of 42 electric current generators, the care for the injured, the commitment to deliver 163 high-voltage equipment and 70 generator sets or the support from the EU for the nine packages of sanctions against Ukraine.
In addition, police experts have been sent to Ukraine to assist in the investigation of war crimes. In short, as Moncloa emphasizes, “never before had a package of these characteristics been allocated to a single country.”
