Schweden kündigt Militärhilfepaket für die Ukraine im Wert von 1,3 Milliarden Dollar an

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1. Makes me proud to be Swedish! Fuck Putin

2. It’s good to see other countries stepping up! Good job and up your’s Putin!

3. Great job, Sweden! Hopefully there will be more news like that in the near future from more European countries.

4. Equivalent of the U.S. allocating $56 billion for anyone wondering.

   This means that in the past 2 weeks Sweden and the three countries below have allocated the equivalent of the U.S. allocating $154.2 billion in total

   * Belgium: $43.25 billion
   * Latvia: $4.07billion
   * Denmark: $50.88 billion

   [Source for Belgium](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1d2fes5/belgium_gives_ukraine_nearly_1b_in_military_aid/)

   [Source for Latvia](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1d0f7vr/latvia_allocates_6_mln_to_aid_development_of/)

   [Source for Denmark](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1cti5vb/denmark_announces_military_aid_package_for/)

5. Was likely supposed to include Gripen but as we know that was stopped last minute probably because they could be used on Russian soil. Those ASC-890 planes are complex equipment and rumours on Twitter says training has been going on for 1½ years. But no way Ukraine can learn to handle Gripen that was designed to be serviced by Swedish conscripts with 9 months of training…

6. “The 16th military support package will contain the following:

   * Surplus fuel transport vehicles from the Swedish Armed Forces;
   * maintenance of previously donated Swedish materiel;
   * financial support to capability coalitions;
   * financial support to funds and temporary initiatives to enable swift and large-scale procurement of materiel to Ukraine;
   * in connection with the package, the Swedish Defence Research Agency will be tasked with supporting Ukraine in establishing its own defence research institute;
   * Ukraine’s command and control capability will be further strengthened in the package through a donation of terminals with subscriptions for satellite communications.

   **Air Defense:**

   * The support package will include Airborne Surveillance and Control aircraft (ASC 890), which will provide Ukraine with a completely new capability against both airborne and maritime targets. Ukraine’s capability to identify and engage targets at long range will be strengthened.
   * The package will also include a holistic solution that involves training, technical equipment and methodological support for air surveillance and command and control.  The donation will entail a temporary decrease of Sweden’s defence capability, which will be addressed by procuring additional S 106 GlobalEye aircraft and advancing previous orders for two new GlobalEye aircraft.
   * To further strengthen Ukraine’s air defence, the support package will also include the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (RB 99-AMRAAM), which can be used on aircraft and in ground-based air defence systems. The missiles will be redesigned to suit ground-based anti-aircraft systems. Meanwhile, Sweden will purchase new missiles to replace the donated ones.

   **Ammunition:**

   * Ukrainian field units are short on artillery ammunition. The package will include an addition of 155 mm artillery shells to increase Ukraine’s capability to combat Russian units in the depths of the battlefield. The donation will entail a temporary decrease of Sweden’s defence capability, which will be addressed by procuring replacement grenades.

   **Strengthened reconstruction of new Ukrainian brigades:**

   * The Ukrainian army is organising a number of new brigades and therefore needs armoured vehicles for infantry companies. Therefore, Sweden will donate its entire stock of PBV 302, including spare parts, maintenance equipment and ammunition. The donation will entail a temporary decrease of Sweden’s defence capability, which will be addressed by procuring replacement armoured vehicles.

   **Financial support, satellite communications, maintenance, tank vehicles and research:**

   * The 16th military support package will also contain the following: Surplus fuel transport vehicles from the Swedish Armed Forces
   * Maintenance of previously donated Swedish materiel; financial support to capability coalitions; financial support to funds and temporary initiatives to enable swift and large-scale procurement of materiel to Ukraine; in connection with the package, the Swedish Defence Research Agency will be tasked with supporting Ukraine in establishing its own defence research institute; Ukraine’s command and control capability will be further strengthened in the package through a donation of terminals with subscriptions for satellite communications.”

   [Source](https://www.government.se/press-releases/2024/05/military-support-package-16-to-ukraine–new-capability-to-strengthen-ukraines-air-defence-and-support-to-meet-its-prioritised-needs/)

   Shitty formatting: Me.

7. Our archer systems are allowed to fuck Russia inside Russia, outrange Russian artillery by 10km, can have all impacts simultaneously and can move away before the first impact. Sure hope we send a lot of this amazing system

8. Thank you, Sweden!

9. 12 billion SEK were missing in that support package (25 billion SEK was supposed to be announced today), and Gripen was supposed to be shipped to Ukraine. (If you calculate it, it was supposed to be 16–24 gripen.) Heck, the ASC 890 is completely integrated with Gripen. 

   According to government officials, mainly Peter Hultgren (Socialdemokraterna), it was most likely for industrial reasons (link: https://www.di.se/nyheter/ingen-gripen-till-ukraina-sverige-ombeds-pausa/). Andrij Plachotnjuk (Ukraine ambassador in Sweden) says to TT, “We Need Gripen.” ([https://www.svd.se/a/vgAdBV/ukrainas-ambassador-vi-behover-gripen](https://www.svd.se/a/vgAdBV/ukrainas-ambassador-vi-behover-gripen)).

   The weird statement that Ukraine can’t handle two different platforms is an odd one. Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark operate four different platforms with way fewer people.

   To be frank, I see one reason, and one reason alone. Someone did not want Gripen in Ukraine because Gripen doesn’t have the limitation that F16 has, namely being allowed to attack Russian territory.

10. Hopefully those Saab 340B AEWs will come in handy!

11. As a Swede and a sole proprietor, take my tax money. I don’t mind paying 60% of my sales in vat and tax if some of it goes to Ukraine.

12. Ukraine gets 1.3 billion and I get overdraft fees if I spend 1 penny more than I have