“Under pressure Greece, Spain to grant anti-aircraft to Ukraine”

Financial Times article on the war in Ukraine. Greece and Spain came under pressure.

Critical meeting that will concern the Ukraine and approval further assistancemilitary and non-military, will take place today, Monday (22/4) in Luxembourg on the sidelines of EU Foreign Affairs Council.

As mentioned, in fact, by Financial TimesUkraine is expected to request today more help from Europeand more specifically anti-aircraft systems, with Greece and Spain entering the “focus” of the pressures.

According to the international media, both Greece as well as Spain were pressured by the E.U. and NATO, with both bodies urging personally Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Pedro Sanchezduring the previous Summit, to provide anti-aircraft systems to Kiev.

The Financial Timesas it became known, refer to people who were present at the discussions in question, while continuing, they state: “The two leaders, whose armed forces between them they have more than a dozen Patriot systems and more, such as the S-300, have been told that their needs are not as great as Ukraine’s and that they face no immediate threats. Here’s what to expect at today’s meeting.”

It is recalled that Ukraine is reported to is particularly interested in the aging S-300 systems maintained by Greeceas the Ukrainian forces already have them in their arsenal and are experienced in handling them