Sweden plans to send up to 50 armored fighting vehicles to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package, according to a Swedish government statement released on Thursday.
The package” includes, among other things, a grenade launcher with ammunition, armor-piercing ammunition, an automatic rifle, and a 90 (CV90) demining combat vehicle with ammunition and 57 Missiles (NLAW) “, the statement said.
According to the statement, the new military aid – including the Archer artillery system – will be worth 4.3 billion Swedish crowns ($419 million) and this is the largest defense package Sweden has given Ukraine to date. now on.
Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch said at a press conference on Thursday that Ukraine will be supplied with up to 50 CV90 infantry military vehicles and this is the main part of the package.
“The 90th combat vehicle is made in Sweden and is considered one of the best combat vehicles in the world, and we are sending them in quantities that we know will make a difference,” she said.
The Swedish government did not say how many Archer artillery systems it will send to Ukraine.
What Ukraine is saying: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Sweden for support, saying in a tweet, “Sincerely grateful to the Government of Sweden [and the Swedish prime minister] for a new package of military assistance.”
“CV90 IFV, Archer & NLAW ATGM are powerful weapons [the Ukrainian] the army needs to liberate our land from the Russian invaders,” Zelensky wrote. “Together for a common victory!” he added.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleskii Reznikov also thanked his Swedish counterpart Kristersson, Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson for the “tenth package of security assistance” to Ukraine.
“Our fighters will quickly master artillery and vehicles,” Reznikov wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
