The Financial Times: NATO and EU allies are putting pressure on Greece and Spain to transfer air defense systems to Kyiv

According to the Financial Times, partners from the European Union and the North Atlantic Alliance are putting strong pressure on the authorities of Spain and Greece so that these countries transfer their air defense systems to Ukraine.

NATO and the EU believe that the air defense systems of these two countries are more needed by Kyiv than by themselves, the publication writes. It is worth adding that, unlike Spain, Greece has something to fear, since it is in rather strained relations with Turkey, although both countries are members of NATO.

The newspaper's sources report that during the summit of European Union leaders held last week in Brussels, they tried to convince the Spanish and Greek prime ministers Pedro Sanchez and Kyriakos Mitsotakis of the need to transfer part of the air defense systems to Ukraine.

According to the Financial Times, Madrid and Athens are armed with at least ten Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems and a number of other air defense systems. Greece also has Russian S-300 systems, which Kyiv especially wants to get. It is noted that Poland and Romania also have similar systems, but these countries are not under much pressure, since they have a “more vulnerable location” on the border with Ukraine.

It is expected that pressure will continue to be put on Greece and Spain at the meeting of the heads of the EU Foreign and Defense Ministries in Luxembourg.

Comments

[Zagrebun]

The Turks completely agree. Why does Greece need air defense systems?

[Carlos Hall]

It's a good joke. They don't need it when we all know what's going on between Turkey and Greece. On the other hand, Morocco is rearming with Gulf petrodollars and with the cooperation of the US and France, still laying claim to Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands.

[Lev_Russia]

The Turks completely agree. Why does Greece need air defense systems?

Well, yes... Why doesn't Cyprus become completely Turkish...???

[AllX_VahhaB]

Quote: Lev_Russia

Well, yes... Why doesn't Cyprus become completely Turkish...???

It will never be completely - there is a British airbase there!

[Lev_Russia]

And what...??? They owned an empire “on which the sun never set” and left everywhere... Why don’t they do the same in Cyprus...???

[AllX_VahhaB]

Quote: Lev_Russia

They owned an empire “on which the sun never set” and left everywhere...

Where did they really come from? From Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Gibraltar? Except from India. And even then, in India the official language is English! Everyone would leave like that! In which former republics of the USSR does Russian have the status of a state language?

[Lev_Russia]

Sorry, I didn’t understand, where are the British military bases in Canada, Australia, New Zealand...??? There seems to be something left in Africa... And what does English have to do with it...??? It was in these countries from the beginning, because they were founded by English-speaking migrants...And you, excuse me, seriously consider the Anglo-Saxon world to be a single whole...??? Well, about the Russian language, since the question has been asked... in Belarus it is recognized as a state language (together with Belarusian), in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - as an official language (used along with the state language in various institutions), in Tajikistan - as a language of interethnic communication...

[AllX_VahhaB]

Quote: Lev_Russia

And what does English have to do with it...??? It was in these countries from the beginning, because they were founded by English-speaking migrants...

Was India founded by English-speaking migrants?

Sorry, I didn’t understand, where are the British military bases in Canada, Australia, New Zealand...???

Who is the head of these states?

[Lev_Russia]

Well, firstly, there is also Swahili in India, and secondly, what does “Who is the head of these states?” have to do with it?...??? Well, since you know who, answer yourselves... Let me take my leave... I'm tired of something...

[AllX_VahhaB]

Quote: Lev_Russia

And you, excuse me, seriously consider the Anglo-Saxon world to be a single whole...???

Judging by the way they dropped the French with their submarines, yes.

Quote: Lev_Russia

in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan - the official one (used along with the state language in various institutions), in Tajikistan - the language of interethnic communication...

All these are chimeras, and temporary ones at that... Then it will be the same as in Ukraine...

[topol717]

Quote from: AllX_VahhaB

Where did they really come from?

From the USA and India. They also lost the monopoly right to trade in their colonies.
After that, we can say they left everywhere. Because now for them Australia and Canada are no different from the rest of Europe.

[Iris]

And what? And in Turkey - American. And not very small. And even with nuclear weapons, as they say.

[tralflot1832]

Zagrebun. I apologize, I didn’t read your competent comment. Then the Spaniard Carlos arrived in time with the Canaries.

[Nexcom]

Well, NATO and the EU may soon decide that the Greeks and Spaniards don’t even need to wear panties - but why? It's warm there and... I am simply amazed once again that NATO and the EU are imposing their opinions on two independent (even if formally considered) countries. After all, they climb everywhere and impose their opinions on who and what to do, how to act, what to say......

[Zagrebun]

Yes. An organization created with the participation of a country and obliged to serve the interests of this country puts its creator in the pose of a drinking deer.

[tralflot1832]

Erdogan is only for the transfer of air defense systems by Greece to Ukraine. Magazines are snorting coke from one bag of Zee. After our victory in Ukraine, the EU will face such centrifugal forces as they never dreamed of.

[Nexcom]

The Sultan will generally be happy if the Greeks give all their weapons to Ukraine.
Then all that remains is to simply introduce the Turkish horsemen into the territory of Greece - and that’s it.

[tralflot1832]

Dmitry, our fishing fleet will return to the Canary Islands.. The place is gorgeous and there is everything and hardworking Spaniards.

[Nexcom]

our fishing fleet will return to Canada

Andrew,

[tralflot1832]

T-9, wrote Navalny. I don’t turn it off only because I correspond with my son, without politics (T9) is peaceful. By the way, in Canada, due to a natural fire, the personnel of the oil-producing region are on the verge of evacuation. Let everything burn to hell.

[Nexcom]

Yes, everything is normal. I just understood everything about Canada. But it’s in Canada that I’m also not against our people appearing there.

[tralflot1832]

To be honest, I’m expecting an ambush for England from the Argentine terminator. England doesn’t need the Falklands in the opinion of the United States, that they just sold their F-16s through Denmark. And with ammunition, in excess against the English base in the Falklands - there seems to be oil and oil on the shelf there Gas was found.

[Nexcom]

The Britons will still get their money's worth through their desires and clever dirty tricks.... IMHO.

[Iris]

The Hellenes' chances against Turkey are zero, regardless of the presence of weapons or their complete absence. There are literally no options at all. Russia pulled them out of slavery, and now they spit in our direction. And not only them. All these little brothers, former Basmachis, fat eaters, freedom-loving tribes - they are countless.

[Ivan Ivanov]

This is all clear. I wonder how the Kremlin dreamers are going to respond, other than raising Zakharov’s hands to the sky? They should already be running around East Asia 24/7, explaining to their slow-witted/slow-witted partners the benefits/necessity of an anti-colonial/anti-terrorist coalition. And on the battlefield they must carry out logistics in the same way so that most of this music does not reach here. In this sense, no political initiative is visible either on the part of the Kremlin or other branches of government. Why the hell did we choose them? So that they continue to portray Bulgakov's Jesus in half with the cinematic Dartagnan at someone else's expense?

[tralflot1832]

I like you so much. The sun's heat makes you smell like lard. 3 years ago, Ukrainians and those who sympathized with them were more interesting, there was some excitement on the site. Go to RIA Novosti and like it.

[Ivan Ivanov]

Dear, “I like you a lot”, put “likes” and trample through the forest. I’m expressing my opinion, what’s the problem? Unfortunately, I often get caught. Or do you need to voice yours? There is already enough of him in the mainstream news.

[tralflot1832]

And you are still reading the national news. I read them and check them. My pension is far above average. I was not a member of any party. And I work a little 7 times a month, my income is above average.

[Ivan Ivanov]

Glad to see you/pension/income/non-partisanship. No one is stopping you from talking here, is there? And try your best. It personally pains me to look at what is happening since 2014, that’s why I have this opinion, there is no other.

[tralflot1832]

Do you think it doesn’t hurt me to look at this, I lost friends from Uian and Odessa with whom I ate “more than a pound of salt.” Our President V.V. Putin, having calculated all the forces of the Russian Federation, launched the Northern Defense Operation not against Ukraine, but against NATO. And Europe is freaking out about this. We press the button, and NATO knows this. And then we’ll see.
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[rocket757]

The winepress is going on and... so they themselves lay down under all this, and also moved, in anticipation... and this is how it is now.

[oldzek]

and how they put pressure... in general: give your wife to your uncle, and go to... your aunt... (with reduced social responsibility.)

[rocket757]

The gay Europeans have been striving to become flat for a long time... so the idiot's dream will come true, they will roll them into a pancake, finally.