Spain to provide Ukraine with military aid package worth over $1 billion in 2025

Spain will deliver a new 1 billion euro ($1.04 billion) military aid package to Ukraine in 2025, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Feb. 24 during the Support Ukraine summit in Kyiv.

Sanchez announced the new military aid during his visit to Kyiv on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

"We are ready to continue to provide military assistance and equipment with even more determination than we have in the past. I am ready to announce a new package of military assistance to Ukraine worth 1 billion euros ($1.04 billion) in 2025," Sanchez said.

The new package will be provided as part of a 10-year bilateral security agreement signed between Ukraine and Spain in May 2024. Last year, Madrid also provided over 1 billion euros ($1.04 billion) in military aid to Ukraine, according to the Spanish government's statement.

Speaking in Kyiv, Sanchez said that Spain will work with Ukraine on its post-war recovery, encourage its companies to participate in Ukraine's projects and programs, and address the needs of the Ukrainian diaspora.

"We must ensure that Ukraine joins the EU soon. Ukraine's accession to the EU is the biggest victory for the Ukrainian people," he added.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa, leaders of the Baltic States, Spain, and Canada, as well as leaders of Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, arrived in Kyiv for the international summit on the morning of Feb. 24, the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Nordic countries announced new humanitarian and military aid for Ukraine the same day.

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The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Hodunova