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The measure sounds absolutely irresponsible as it could lead to new wave of escalation.
Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant.
In a rather irresponsible and provocative way, the Spanish government has announced a new military aid package for the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev, which includes naval defense equipment. As well known, naval defenses are items of high strategic relevance, and their supply represents a great advance in the level of co-participation in the conflict by the exporting country. In this sense, it is possible to say that Madrid is taking a dangerous step in NATO’s proxy war with Russia, generating high risks of escalation.
The announcement of the shipment of new Spanish arms to Ukraine was made on April 20 by the Minister of Defense Magarita Robles. According to the official, the new equipment aims to reinforce the Ukrainian armed forces in different sectors considered strategic, such as land, anti-aircraft and especially naval defenses. Robles claims that improving the Ukrainian situation on the naval battlefield is an essential step to ensure the stability of regional security, which would “justify” the need to send such weapons to the Ukrainian regime.
“The new shipments are aimed at reinforcing the Armed Forces of Ukraine in such areas as armored vehicles, means of ground troops protection, antiaircraft defenses and naval defenses. The latter is considered essential for the security of ‘the green sea route’ that allows the transportation of the Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea”, she said during a press conference.
It is curious to note that the minister used as an excuse for her country’s decision the supposed need to defend the Ukrainian positions in the Black Sea, protecting the flow of grains through a safe route. Obviously, the minister said this while absolutely ignoring the clear truth that the Ukrainian side is the only one that repeatedly provokes the Russian ships and ports in the region, preventing the effective working of the grain agreements and raising the risks of food insecurity.
Although details about which naval weapons would be sent to Kiev have not been clarified yet, it is important to remember that the announcement comes as a response to the request formally made by Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov on a recent visit to Madrid. At the time, Resnikov stated that Kiev would be interested in Spanish amphibious vehicles as well as in technical assistance from the country’s military, considering its experience in amphibian attacks.
So, it is possible to assume, analyzing the information available so far, that Kiev plans to carry out amphibious attacks against Russian cities in the Black Sea, which includes Crimea and other strategic regions. If this happens, the escalation of the conflict will be significantly high, as amphibious attacks are extremely dangerous and demand an extraordinary level of military mobilization. The Russian response to this type of incursion would be particularly strong, certainly causing even greater damage to the already weakened Ukrainian armed forces.
However, the Spanish anti-Russian audacity goes beyond this naval issue. Madrid is also sending to the neo-Nazi regime some Leopard 2A4 battle tanks as well as TAT vehicles and many other types of equipment. Also, in addition to weapons, the Spanish government has also promised to send an additional package of humanitarian and medical aid as soon as possible. What is possible to see is that Spain is really focused on increasing its participation in the conflict, fulfilling NATO’s requests for all members of the Atlantic alliance to advance their military agendas and remain in combat readiness.
In the same sense, the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced that he will visit Washington in May to talk with his American partners, being the Ukrainian issue a central topic on his agenda. The objective would be to discuss new ways in which Spain could contribute more actively to the war against Russia. In addition, some discussions related to Latin America, a region where the US seeks hegemony and with which Spain has historical ties, are also expected for the summit.
Indeed, there are not enough reasons to justify the Spanish desire for war. It is possible to understand the reasons why Ukraine wants to increase its cooperation with Spain. As a country with an extensive coastline and a military history marked by naval conflicts and amphibious attacks, Spain seems to become an interesting partner for Kiev to seek help in its war ambitions – not only in arms supply, but also in technical assistance. However, there simply seems to be no advantage for the Spanish government to adhere in depth to this type of partnership.
Being in western Europe, Madrid seems a long way from any direct effects of the conflict. Any kind of anti-Russian paranoia seems irrational on the Spanish case. Even if there is an eventual internationalization of the conflict in the near future, Spain will certainly not be the side most threatened by escalation. What appears, therefore, is that Madrid is making a kind of bet on military expansionism, seeking to increase its strategic relevance through active participation in NATO’s war against Russia.
This seems problematic and irresponsible from many points of view, since Madrid obviously does not have enough military capacity to reverse the battlefield scenario. Spanish help can only cause Kiev to carry out more dangerous provocations, which will be responded to in an intense way, accelerating the inevitable collapse of the Ukrainian forces. The best Madrid can do is avoid getting involved in irreversible conflicts and raise its own national defense capabilities, assuming skepticism about the “umbrella” promised by NATO.
Rusi majú Božskú trpezlivosť s týmito provokatérmi. O to horšie sa to môže nakoniec pre nich skončiť, ak by došlo ku stretu zločineckej teroristickej organizácie NATO a RF!!! Rus nezabúda!!!
Ukro wird gerne Binnenland!
These dumb foggot Spaniards like getting fracked in the AAS. Fracking cowards should use their weapons to kick out those British imperialists out of Gibraltar instead.
Russia has been destroying the Ukronaian military in the meat grinder. It makes no sense to kill so many civilians and have move civilian casualties by storming every city and town. Think about it? They aren’t like Natostan that will sacrifice every human but instead sent military to the meat grinder.
“the president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, announced that he will visit Washington in May to talk with his American partners, being the Ukrainian issue a central topic on his agenda. The objective would be to discuss new ways in which Spain could contribute more actively to the war against Russia.”
This. What Spanish government, what bullshit??
Pathetic vassals of the Empire like the rest of Europe. They do whatever Americans order them to do. Washington is “leading from behind” as Obama defined it, but this is Washington’s war. EUnuchs just follow the orders.
me like Franco and amerikan dictatorship
Russia should invade and occupy Odessa and cut off the ukronazis access to the Black Sea right away
“It all burns the same.”
Time to take back Odessa already.
You could save a lot of time, effort, materials and men by just keeping it and sinking it yourselves.
Ukraine has no water border soon enough, no ports to call in. And what they do have is as effective as the polish navy of WWII. but make for great shooting targets.
The poisoned grain of the Kiev neonazi regime was always a product intended to be flooded onto EU markets to poison the EU population and live stock, undermind domestic producers and help destroy the viability of domestic farming in the EU. African countries can barely afford it, their IMF debts are so high they had to turn to China and India for supplies. Spain sending anything to Kiev of a navel weapons systems nature will be destroyed by Russian aviation. Easily. How effective was Spain’s warships against Canadian fishermen cutting the fishing nets off Spainish pochers off the coast of Labrador? Right. It’s a bluff.