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Greece has rejected pressure from European allies to help Ukraine strengthen its air defenses. Spain will not deliver Patriot batteries to Kiev either, the BBC reported.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has asked Greece for more anti-missile batteries to protect its cities and power plants from Russian attacks.
However, Athens stated that it cannot do without any of its Patriot or S-300 systems, writes the BBC.
Spain will reportedly deliver some Patriot missiles, but not a full system. Spain’s military has three Patriot batteries but argues it needs all of them and can only provide a “very limited number” of Patriot missiles because its reserves are relatively low, sources told El País daily.
Spain and Greece are under pressure from both NATO and the European Union to help Ukraine.
The Patriots are the most effective and expensive air defense systems that Ukraine has. Germany has already promised to deliver an additional Patriot system.
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