Stockholm. Sweden has said it will provide Ukraine with “around 10″ German-manufactured Leopard 2 tanks and air defence systems.”
On Germany’s initiative and after discussions in what we refer to as the ‘Leopard family,’ we have decided to deliver Swedish Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine in close coordination, in particular, with Germany,” Xinhua news agency quoted Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson as saying at a press conference.
Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson told SVT that “up to around 10” units will be sent to Ukraine and that “we are building joint capabilities. Together with international partners, we are assembling battalions as well as brigades.”
Sweden will also deliver Hawk and Iris T anti-aircraft systems, something that Jonson said was “important and central” for Ukraine.
The aid package announced last week was Sweden’s 11th to the Ukraine.
“Supplies of offensive weapons to the Kiev regime would lead to a global catastrophe,” Russia’s State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin said over the weekend.
