{"id":11433,"date":"2026-07-01T01:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/11433\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T01:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:50:18","slug":"saab-signs-2-54-billion-gripen-fighter-jet-deal-with-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ukraine\/11433\/","title":{"rendered":"Saab signs $2.54 billion Gripen fighter jet deal with Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">June 30 (Reuters) &#8211; Swedish defence equipment maker Saab signed a contract on Tuesday \u200cto deliver 16 Gripen E fighter \u200caircraft to Ukraine in a deal worth about 24.6 \u200bbillion Swedish crowns ($2.54 billion).  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the agreement reached with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf \u200cKristersson involved the \u2060purchase of 16 Gripen aircraft and included technical support.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Saab&#8217;s timetable differed \u2060from that outlined by Zelenskiy, who said deliveries would begin in 2027, while the Swedish \u200bdefence equipment \u200bmaker said deliveries \u200bwere scheduled for \u200c2029-2030.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Zelenskiy said he had discussed implementation of the agreement and broader defence cooperation with Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson during a meeting in Kyiv on Tuesday, including drone and \u200cmissile-defence projects.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">The deal differed \u200bfrom plans outlined by Zelenskiy \u200bin May, \u200bwhen he said Ukraine would buy \u200c20 Gripen E fighter \u200bjets and \u200bSweden would provide a further 16 older-model Gripens to support Kyiv&#8217;s war effort \u200bagainst Russia.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">($1 = \u200c9.6979 Swedish crowns)  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">(Reporting by Anna Peverieri in \u200bBarcelona, Additional reporting by Ronald Popeski, \u200bEditing by Nick Zieminski)  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 30 (Reuters) &#8211; 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