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Updated Sunday, March 17, 2024-10:32

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The Minister of Defense,

Margarita Robles

, stressed this Sunday that

Vladimir Putin

is "an enormous threat to neighboring countries, but also to the international community as a whole. Today, a ballistic missile can perfectly reach Spain from

Russia

." .

"I would like to make a call to attention to Spanish society because sometimes I have the perception that we are not aware of the enormous danger that exists at this moment. And not only in

Ukraine

; also in

Gaza

and in the

Sahel

, where I am very pessimistic with the situation," he says in an interview with La Vanguardia.

Regarding the request for the rearmament of the

European Union

by several of its leaders, Robles affirms that the "threat is total and absolute. All you have to do is listen to Putin's latest statements, in which he talks about the possibility of nuclear aggression. "Europe has to be aware that the danger is very close; it is not a pure hypothesis, it is real. The countries bordering Russia perceive it very well; perhaps those of us in the south do not have that awareness."

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The minister opposes

France

's idea of ​​sending soldiers to Ukrainian territory: "We do not understand, like the majority of NATO countries, that it is appropriate to send troops to Ukraine because that would mean an escalation. And at this moment we must avoid escalation at all costs".

"Sending troops would mean a very important escalation and even the possibility of the war spreading. Spain is committed to Ukraine, but we do not give it as much publicity as other countries do," adds Robles, who emphasizes that the Spanish troops " "They are not and will not be in Ukraine."

Finally, he highlights that our country has never considered the EU having its own nuclear arsenal.