2023-07-18 18:26:16
Spain has sent a reinforced field hospital to Ukraine on Tuesday and next week the other four promised Leopard 2A4 tanks will leave by sea for that countrywhich will be added to the six that were already transferred in April.
As reported by the Ministry of Defense in a statement, the head of that department, Margarita Robles, has reported these shipments to the allies during a meeting of the defense ministers of the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine, known as the ‘Ramstein format’. ‘, in which he has participated by videoconference.
Along with the four Leopards, ten armored personnel carriers and several armored all-terrain vehicles, light trucks and ambulances will be dispatched after their respective overhauls.
Throughout the summer it will be sent a new shipment with light weapons y heavy caliber ammunitionas announced by Robles.
This Tuesday the reinforced field hospital donated by Spain has already been sent, with capacity for emergency surgery, essential postoperative facilities, pharmacy, sterilization, laboratory y two hospitalization modules.
Its arrival in Poland, in transit to Ukraine, is scheduled for July 23, points out Defense, which indicates that yesterday the Ukrainian doctors and logistics support personnel who have followed a training program in Zaragoza to be able to deploy, returned to their country. set up and operate this hospital in the conflict zone.
Robles has ratified Spain’s commitment to Ukraine and has highlighted the work of the Toledo training center, where they have already trained about 90% of the 2,000 committed annual troops.
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