Greece’s opposition to the supply of air defense systems to Ukraine

According to the international group Tasnim news agency quoted by “NTV” Germany, Ukraine It relies on the additional air defense systems of its allies to protect its airspace. Greece has now clearly rejected this Ukrainian request.

Thus, Greece will not supply Patriot or S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine. This was said by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in an interview with the Greek TV channel Skai. Mitsotakis said: Greece will not send S-300 or Patriot to Ukraine. He emphasized: His country has already helped Ukraine with other types of defense equipment. He added: “Athens cannot supply Ukraine with weapons systems that are vital for the country itself. Recently, reports were published in the international media that major European Union countries are pressuring Greece to supply air defense systems to Ukraine. have brought Mitsotakis confirmed that an investigation was underway. He stated that Athens was ready to supply surplus equipment of another kind. Mitsotakis added: “We will fulfill such demands as far as we can find them.

One of the reasons for this position of the Greek Prime Minister is probably that there are periods of serious tension between NATO partners Greece and Turkey over sovereign rights. in the Aegean Sea and exploitation of possible natural gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean. In addition, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last year repeatedly questioned Greece’s sovereignty over several islands – including Rhodes, Samos and Lesbos.

Due to increased Russian air strikes, Ukraine has been which has requested additional anti-aircraft systems from Western allies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently wrote on Platform X that based on the information obtained, five to eight more Patriot systems are needed to protect the country’s airspace with a degree of reliability. At the beginning of the week, Poland also rejected the delivery of Patriot systems from its stocks to this country. “Olaf Schultz”, the chancellor of Germany has recently said that he wants to continue his opposition to the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine even if the United States delivers its ATACMS missiles with a range of 300 kilometers to this country. When he was asked about this in a press conference with Sunak, he said: “My decision will not change” about sending these missiles.

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