Spanish PM vows to send four more Leopard tanks to Ukraine soon

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has promised to send four more Leopard tanks to Ukraine soon as he spoke at a joint news conference with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy on July 1.

The prime minister traveled to Kyiv on the first day of the Spanish presidency of the EU Council, which will last until the end of this year, TASS reports.

"Very soon we will send more heavy military vehicles. It will be four more Leopard tanks and some armored personnel carriers," Sanchez was quoted as saying by the EFE news service on Twitter.

Spain has previously provided six Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine.