President Zelenskyy and Swedish PM Ulf Kristersson have signed a deal which clears the way for Ukraine to acquire between 100 and 150 Saab Gripen fighter aircraft.

In a joint press conference held in front of a Gripen E aircraft at Saab’s facility in Linkoping, the two leaders announced the mutual signing of a defence cooperation agreement. One part of the agreement confirms Ukraine’s intent to modernise and expand its air force with potentially over 100 Saab Gripen multirole fighter aircraft. This would represent Sweden’s largest ever export order, and see the Ukrainian Air Force operate a similar number of the Swedish-designed and built aircraft to Sweden’s own air force.

No final decisions have yet been taken, with PM Kristersson estimating a timeframe of three years for the deliver

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