1,000 days into Russia’s illegal invasion, Sweden’s support for Ukraine remains steadfast. The country has allocated materiel kits to be used in the manufacture of up to 14 Swedish Gripen Es, which will ‘free up’ 14 Gripen C/Ds which would otherwise have been used to source these parts. The Coalition is still advising against donating these Gripens to Ukraine until more progress is made in integrating donated F-16s and Mirage 2000-5Fs. Additionally, Sweden has made no clarification on the timeline of donating its two AEW&C ASC 890 aircraft to Ukraine. […]
Specifically, the Swedish government is “ready to contribute with substantial funding for the mass-production of long-range missiles and drones,” clarified Jonson. Noting that Sweden would be investing via the Danish model, he added that Denmark has been ramping up the production of its own defence equipment by an “impressive amount”. Läs artikel