Sweden announces $1.3 billion military support for Ukraine


FILE PHOTO: The Swedish Defense Minister Paal Jonson attends the NORDEFCO press conference in Torshavn on the Faroe Islands, April 30, 2024. Alvur Haraldsen/Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS/File Photo

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sweden will send military aid worth 13.3 billion Swedish crowns ($1.3 billion) to Ukraine, its biggest package so far, to aid the war against the Russian invasion, the Nordic country's government said on Wednesday.

The package would among other things help strengthen the Ukrainian air defence and included Saab's Airborne Surveillance and Control (ASC) 890 aircraft, Defence Minister Paal Jonson told a press conference.

The Swedish government said last week it had agreed on additional military support to Ukraine totalling 75 billion Swedish crowns ($7.1 billion) over three years.

($1 = 10.5752 Swedish crowns)

(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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