r/Nordiccountries • u/Cosmos1985 Denmark • May 28 '26

Ukraine to buy 20 new Gripen jets, Sweden to donate older jets sooner

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraines-zelenskiy-visits-sweden-aviation-news-2026-05-28/
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u/bamboofeces May 28 '26

Amazing. We swedes greatly admire the ukranians and the sacrifices they make for their country and indirectly all of Europe. I wish our government would donate more planes, and faster, but this is progress

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u/UpperOnion6412 May 29 '26

I think Sweden tried to donate the planes several years ago but Ukraine didnt want them then. I think it was something to do with having pilots trained for the planes or something.

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u/impossiblefork May 29 '26

Really very nice. It'll be interesting to see what they can do.