(News) Spain mobilizes two ships to the Black Sea amid growing tension between Russia and NATO

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The country also offers the deployment of Air Force fighters in Bulgaria.

The Spanish Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, reported this Thursday that in "3 or 4 days" her country will send the Blas de Lezo frigate to the Black Sea, amid the escalation between Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). ).

The ship Meteoro de Acción Marítima de España departed for the Black Sea on Monday. According to the minister, who gave statements to the press during her visit to a military vaccination center in Corral de Calatrava (Ciudad Real), this is part of what the country has agreed with NATO.

Robles also pointed out that the possibility of an aerial deployment in Bulgaria in which Spain participates, with the sending of Air Force fighters, is being considered.

The statements by the Spanish Defense Minister come amid growing tension between Russia and the West, while speculation spread about Moscow's alleged preparations for aggression against Ukraine.

Although she made the announcements of these shipments, Robles stated that Spain's position is that she hopes that the "de-escalation" will take place in a "diplomatic" manner.
However, she reiterated that "NATO will protect and defend the sovereignty of any country that can or wants to enter" the organization.

"Nato Gradual Invasion"
From Moscow they have repeatedly rejected the accusations of an alleged invasion of Ukraine. The Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, stated that the government does not consider an invasion of the neighboring country as a possible option. Also, the spokesman denounced "a gradual invasion of NATO in the Ukrainian territory."

For her part, the spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zajárova, indicated that these remarks by the US are the backdrop for their "own military provocations."

"We are convinced that the objective of this campaign is to create a smoke screen for its own large-scale provocations, including of a military nature, which could have the most tragic consequences for regional and global security," said the senior official.

The spokeswoman denounced that for a few days the United Kingdom has been sending weapons to Ukraine. Also, she said, so has Canada, which sent more than 200 Special Forces agents "under the pretext of protecting its embassy and evacuating diplomats in an emergency."

However, the largest shipments come from the US, Zakharova said, which in recent months has delivered 30 Javelin anti-tank missile systems and 180 missiles to Kiev.

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