Sweden donates another $680 million in military aid to Ukraine

Sweden's Defense Minister Pal Jonson speaks during the Society and Defense National Conference in Salen, Sweden, 8 January, 2024. Pontus Lundahl/TT News Agency/via REUTERS/File Photo

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's defence ministry said on Tuesday the Nordic country will donate military aid to Ukraine worth some 7.1 billion Swedish crowns ($682 million), including the transfer of equipment and fresh cash for arms procurement.

It will be Sweden's 15th round of aid for Ukraine and the Nordic country's biggest such package to date, taking its overall aid since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 to around 30 billion crowns.