The Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested yesterday to the Russian ambassador in Madrid, Yuri Klimenko, for information disseminated from the official accounts of the networks of the Russian embassy in Spain, with attacks on Spain and lies about the participation of the ' Spanish army in the Ukrainian war.
On Wednesday, from the official account of the Russian embassy in Madrid, it was hinted that the Ministry of Defense had sent Spanish troops to the war in Ukraine. In a tweet, which took several hours to be deleted, a video was collected in which four fighters appeared - without any insignia of the Spanish army on their uniforms - speaking in Spanish from a supposed Ukrainian trench, accompanied by some statements by the head of Defence, Margarita Robles, in which she assured that "Spain will not participate in the war in Ukraine".
That same Wednesday, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ángeles Moreno, summoned the Russian ambassador to the ministry, and in the same communication he was requested to withdraw the published tweet, which the embassy agreed to after a few hours. In that communication, Moreno summoned the ambassador for Thursday, in a meeting that took place yesterday.
According to diplomatic sources, during the meeting the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs expressed to the Russian ambassador in Madrid a "strong rejection" of this type of publications and initiatives", since they are not based on reality, and they represent propaganda against Spain that the Spanish Government is not prepared to accept.
The same sources insist that the Spanish Executive has been involved since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in helping Ukraine, within the framework of the agreements adopted by the European Union and NATO, and the Government of Kyiv , which has involved the provision not only of humanitarian aid but also of weapons, in accordance with the talks held by the Ukrainian president with the European authorities, or directly with Spain.
But Spain has not sent troops to the war that Russia is waging in Ukraine, and both the Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, and the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, have assured that Spain will not participate directly in the war, by sending of troops, but will maintain material aid to the Zelenskiy Government.
