 The Patriot Battery in Turkey can be given to Ukraine. The Netherlands and Ukraine are pressuring Spain to join the Patriot Coalition and provide Kiev with a missile defence battery to protect it from Russian attacks. This was reported by El País media outlet. President Volodymyr Zelensky has conveyed his request to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the European Political Community Summit in the vicinity of Chizinar last week. The issue was also the subject of consultations with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Root and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as it is in Turkey where Spain deployed its Patriot Battery. However, as noted, Erdogan opposes the withdrawal of Patriot from his country before the expiry of the relevant contract, which expires at the end of this year. One of the two batteries belonging to Spain has been deployed at Turkey's Insirlik Base since 2015 while the other is located in the Valencia Autonomous Community in Spain's east and is important for national defence.