President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the results of his meeting with the Prime Minister of Spain, emphasizing the achievement of key agreements in the defense and economic spheres. In particular, Spain confirmed its readiness to provide Ukraine with annual support of one billion euros within the framework of a bilateral security agreement, and also allocated new financial and defense packages. Zelenskyy wrote about this on his Telegram channel, UNN reports.
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According to the President's message on the Telegram channel, significant attention during the meeting was paid to defense cooperation. In addition to the guaranteed annual support of 1 billion euros, Spain is providing a new defense aid package of 300 million euros, which, in particular, includes missiles for air defense systems.
In addition to direct military assistance, additional financial mechanisms were agreed upon:
- PURL: Spain is ready to contribute 100 million euros to the PURL program, the funds of which are directed to the purchase of missiles for Ukrainian air defense.
- Economic package: Ukraine will be provided with an economic package of 200 million euros, part of which is intended to support the energy sector affected by Russian strikes.
- SAFE program: An additional over 200 million euros will be directed through the SAFE program for joint defense work.
President Zelenskyy thanked Spain for its "principled support" and called these agreements "a tangible and correct example for other European states."
The total volume of the package is 300 million euros, and this will significantly help. I thank Spain, Pedro Sánchez, for supporting Ukraine, our people, our independence since the beginning of the full-scale war. And this is principled support