Sweden, Norway and Denmark to donate $500m in arms to Ukraine
Sweden, Norway and Denmark will donate equipment and munitions worth $500 million to Ukraine, under a new scheme to speed deliveries from American stockpiles, Stockholm said on Tuesday.
Sweden has announced plans to send 13 diesel-powered backup generators to Ukraine as several urban hubs are suffering long periods without electricity after Russian attacks on power plants..
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Sweden, Norway and Denmark will donate equipment and munitions worth $500 million to Ukraine, under a new scheme to speed deliveries from American stockpiles, Stockholm said on Tuesday.
Sweden is sending its Patriot air defence system to Poland to protect a logistics base for military and civilian support for Ukraine.
Sweden will hand over to Kyiv a seized Russian "shadow fleet" cargo ship which Ukraine suspects of transporting grain stolen from its occupied territory, Swedish court documents obtained by AFP on Thursday showed.
Sweden is preparing to donate several of its Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, according to sources speaking to the Aftonbladet newspaper.
Sweden's government said on Tuesday it would push forward with a plan to form a new spy agency targeting overseas threats, part of a wider reset prompted by Russia's war in Ukraine.
Sweden and Denmark announced on Tuesday that they plan to procure air defence systems worth 2.6 billion kronor ($290 million) for Ukraine, as the war-torn country struggles to fend off massive Russian bombardments.
Sweden and Ukraine announced on Thursday that they had signed a letter of intent to establish a hub in Ukraine to develop new weapons technologies.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Wednesday that Sweden and Ukraine had signed a letter of intent to develop air capabilities, which could see Ukraine buy up to 150 Gripen fighter jets.
Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands have all said they want to participate in US President Donald Trump's plan for Europe to buy American weapons for Ukraine.
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