Sweden will transfer artillery settings and radars worth $ 295 million to Ukraine

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Within the 18th military assistance package, Sweden will buy self-propelled Archer artillery installations and radar radars of the Artthur counter-battery fight for $ 295 million million.

Source: “European Truth” With reference to the Swedish government

Details: Within the framework of military assistance to Ukraine, Sweden will purchase 18 Archer SAU and five Arthur radar stations, as well as invest in Ukraine's defense production, including its Bogdan SAU.

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In addition, Sweden intends to join the Artillery Coalition within the contact group on defense of Ukraine, the message reads.

The total cost of this part of the Swedish military package is about 3 billion Swedish crowns ($ 295 million).

« Ukraine has an urgent need for artillery and artillery ammunition. It was a priority for Ukraine since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia. The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov stressed that when I met with him on weekends, » said Sweden's Defense Minister Paul Jonson.

According to the Sweden government, earlier Ukraine received eight Archer artillery installations and one Arthur radar system together with the United Kingdom.

The supply of new Arthur systems must begin in 2025, and the supply of Archer systems in 2026.

The eighteenth military assistance package to Ukraine, which the Sweden government presented at the end of January, is 13.5 billion Swedish crowns(about $ 1.25 billion) and is the largest since the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia.

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