Sweden provides Ukraine with a military aid package worth $1.25 billion — what's included
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Thu, 30 Jan 2025 18:01:00 +0200
Sweden provides Ukraine with a new military aid packageThis package will also strengthen Ukraines longrange capabilities.
Sweden intends to allocate about 1 billion Swedish kronor to enable Ukraine to produce longrange missiles and drones.
It also provides for a doubling of the previous 16 CB 90 combat boats and antitank weapons donated to Ukraine, as well as investments in support of the Ukrainian defense industry.
The department noted that this is the 18th package of military assistance to Ukraine, thus the total amount of packages provided since the beginning of Russias fullscale invasion is about 61.9 billion Swedish kronor.In total, the aid package announced on January 30 consists of eight components, the largest of which is various purchases of advanced equipment, mainly from Swedish and other European defense industries, for transfer to Ukraine.The package, worth a total of 13.5 billion Swedish kronor about 1.25 billion dollars, includes the following componentspurchases for free transfer worth about 5.9 billion Swedish kronorfinancial donations amounting to approximately 2.8 billion Swedish kronordonation of equipment from the Swedish Armed Forces with corresponding replacement purchases worth approximately SEK 3.3 billion 146 trucks 16 Stridsbt 90 boats 23 weapons stations for naval use 1 million 12.7 mm ammunition 1,500 TOW antitank missiles 200 antitank shells, including training equipment infantry equipment for individual soldier and group equipment personal protective equipment against CBRN threatsservices through the Swedish Defence Research Agency FOI and the Swedish Defence University FHS worth about 180 million Swedish kronortraining worth 650 million Swedish kronor funding to support the preparation of the Armed Forces for a number of different training initiatives throughout 2025, e.g.
Interflex, which conducts basic training for the Ukrainian militarya procurement decision worth 400 million Swedish kronor including various types of maintenance activities for already provided Swedish equipment.Aid to Ukraine from SwedeSweden has been actively supporting Ukraine since the start of Russias fullscale invasion in 2022.Its assistance includes financial, humanitarian and military support.
Stockholm provides significant amounts of funds through international organizations, supports displaced people, and also transfers humanitarian aid.In early November 2024, Sweden announced a new aid package for Ukraine, which included two ships with equipment to enhance maritime security.
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