<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Spain is to send Ukraine two more HAWK surface-to-air missile launchers on top of the four it has already dispatched to counter the Russian invasion, the Spanish government said Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"Two extra launchers will be sent" following a request from NATO, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said.</div><div><br></div><div>Madrid at the start of the month said it was sending anti-missile and air defence systems, including four HAWK missile launchers and an Aspide surface-to-air missile system.</div><div><br></div><div>"We are firmly committed to Ukraine because we understand that it is exercising its legitimate right to self-defence," Robles said.</div><div><br></div><div>Her ministry said that 64 members of the Ukrainian military would be trained in the central Spanish city of Toledo from next week on deactivating explosives, mine clearance and sharpshooting.</div><div><br></div><div>Twenty-one other Ukrainian soldiers are being trained to handle 105/14 howitzers in the southern city of Almeria, it added, and another 19 have learnt how to use the Aspide air defence system.</div><div><br></div><div>The ministry says Spain is to train around 400 Ukrainian soldiers every two months.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine in February and Western countries have since rushed military aid to support Kyiv's forces. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>