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Spain announced the emergency dispatch of its warship to the Black Sea

The Spanish Ministry of Defense has announced the dispatch of its warship to help Ukraine.

Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles announced that within the next few days, the Spanish warship ESPS Blas de Lezo will be sent to the Black Sea to support Ukraine. This will already be the second warship to be deployed by NATO in the Black Sea amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

“Defense Minister Margherita Robles said Spain would send the frigate ESPS Blas de Lezo to the Black Sea in 'three or four' days, where the maritime combat ship El Meteoro departed on Tuesday, leading some of NATO's permanent missions under full strain. with Russia", according to the Huffington Post.

The frigate "ESPS Blas de Lezo" does not have a large number of means of attack. At the same time, however, it is armed with a significant amount of air defense systems, as well as electronic suppression systems. This does not exclude the possibility that the Spanish ship may go for provocations, especially given the number of statements made by the Spanish authorities about the need to block Russian ships in the Black Sea.

How long the Spanish ships ESPS Blas de Lezo and El Meteoro will stay in the waters of the Black Sea is not specified, but NATO's steps to escalate with Russia indicate a likely increase in tension in the region.

Russia at one time took pity on Spain and Israel when 2 ballistic missiles were fired from its military base in the direction of Syria. Our ship deflected them away from Syria. And it was necessary to send to Israel and Spain so that they would experience for themselves what a strike with such a missile is ...

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