Sweden to provide Ukraine with artillery systems and radars worth US$295 million
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Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:13:05 +0200
Sweden will purchase Archer selfpropelled artillery systems and Arthur counterbattery radars for Ukraine as part of its 18th military aid package worth US295 million.
Source European Pravda, citing the Swedish government in a statement Details As part of its military assistance to Ukraine, Sweden will purchase 18 Archer selfpropelled artillery systems and five Arthur radars while also investing in Ukraines defence production, particularly the production of Bohdana selfpropelled artillery systems.
Additionally, Stockholm intends to join the artillery coalition within the Ukraine Defence Contact Group also known as the Ramstein Group.
The total value of this part of Swedens military package is about SEK 3 billion US295 million.
Ukraine is in urgent need of artillery and artillery ammunition.
This has been a priority for Ukraine since the start of Russias fullscale invasion.
Ukraines Minister of Defence Rustem Umierov highlighted this point when I met him at the weekend, Swedish Defence Minister Pl Jonson commented.
The Swedish government noted that Ukraine had previously received eight Archer artillery systems and one Arthur radar system in cooperation with the UK.
Deliveries of the new Arthur systems are set to begin in 2025, with Archer system deliveries scheduled for 2026.
The eighteenth military assistance package to Ukraine, which the Swedish government announced in late January, totals SEK 13.5 billion approximately US1.25 billion and is the largest since the start of the fullscale Russian invasion.
Background Earlier, it was reported that Sweden plans to allocate SEK 75 billion approx.
US7 billion in military aid to Ukraine in 20242026.
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