Minister: Sweden preparing new defense aid package for Ukraine.

The Swedish government has proposed a new military aid package for Ukraine worth 3.4 billion Swedish Krona (£314 million), Defense Minister Pal Jonson said on Aug.

15, cited[1] by national broadcaster SVT. The package reportedly includes ammunition and spare parts for Stridsfordon 90 combat vehicles and Archer artillery systems, as well as trucks and demining equipment. Jonson hopes that the Riksdag, the highest decision-making assembly in Sweden, will approve the package this week, according to SVT.

"The counteroffensive is now in an active phase. We need to prepare for the fact that this war will be protracted and to have a long-term perspective so that we can support the weapons and systems we have sent," Jonson said, as cited by the media outlet.

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The Swedish government also proposed to sell the country's air-to-air AMRAAM missiles to the U.S., which would then donate them to Ukraine. "It is incredibly important for the Ukrainians that the Russians do not gain air supremacy as well as to have strong air defense," added Jonson. Jonson also noted that the Swedish army's capabilities would deteriorate in the short term if the aid package is provided, but this should be remedied as soon as possible.

This is Sweden's 13th defense assistance package since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion on Feb.

24, 2022. Stockholm has provided Kyiv with £1.6 billion in military aid so far, according to SVT.

Endless Russian assaults near Kreminna test Ukraine's defenses Editor's note: The Kyiv Independent is not disclosing the full names or deployed positions of the Ukrainian soldiers interviewed in the story due to security concerns amid the ongoing war.

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Dinara Khalilova is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. She has previously worked as a fixer and local producer for Sky News. Dinara holds a BA in journalism from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and a Master's degree in media and communication from Bournemouth University in the UK.

References

1. ^ cited (www.svt.se)
2. ^ Ukraine's counteroffensive lurches forward: Key moment looms as more forces committedFresh videos of Western-made armor rolling across open fields, a new settlement liberated, and a lot of noise on Russian military blogger Telegram channels heralded to the world on July 28 that the Ukrainian summer counteroffensive had upped its gear.

   Almost eight weeks into the long-awaited operat... (kyivindependent.com)

3. ^ Endless Russian assaults near Kreminna test Ukraine's defensesEditor's note: The Kyiv Independent is not disclosing the full names or deployed positions of the Ukrainian soldiers interviewed in the story due to security concerns amid the ongoing war.

   Donetsk Oblast - The narrow, partly destroyed road through the Serebrianskyi Forest in the northern part of Do... (kyivindependent.com)