TALLINN, Estonia — Since the start of this week, Ukraine has signed security agreements with Spain, Belgium and Portugal, adding to a list that includes a dozen other nations.
The signees are pledging to provide financial, humanitarian, military and cyber support to Kyiv in its fight against Russia. All of the nations are NATO members, but the deals have been negotiated bilaterally.
The security deals are “very important to Ukraine” because they guarantee long-term aid — including in cyberspace — while it waits to join NATO, said Oleksandr Potii, the deputy head of the country’s service of special communications and information protection (SSSCIP).
Speaking to Recorded Future News on the sidelines of the CyCon cybersecurity conference in Estonia on Tuesday, Potii said that all agreements include “very quick assistance from other countries in the event of aggression and escalation” in Ukraine.
“This is material and financial aid in various areas, which countries must provide within 24 hours in order to restrain the aggressor,” he added.
Source: The Record