KYIV, Nov 2 – Ukraine will soon receive an Aspide air defense system battery and four Hawk air defense systems from Spain, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.

"We have been working for a long time with Jose Manuel [Spanish Foreign Minister], as well as our colleagues from other departments, to ensure that Ukraine receives a new package of military assistance from Spain as soon as possible. I am very glad that the new package is there. It is already on its way to Ukraine, and in the near future our state will strengthen its defense capability by receiving a battery of the Aspide anti-aircraft missile system and missiles for it, four Hawk air defense systems, anti-tank missile systems, guns and shells for them, as well as other military equipment," Kuleba said at a press conference with the Spanish Foreign Minister in Kyiv on Wednesday.