Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine intends to acquire an initial batch of up to 20 Gripen E/F and that Sweden intends to donate up to 16 Gripen C/D to Ukraine.
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The next steps for the Ukrainian and Swedish authorities will be to complete the negotiations regarding Ukraine’s acquisition of Gripen E/F, which is expected to take place in batches, and Saab will support in this process. Dialogue regarding Sweden’s replacement of the donated capability will be initiated soon. At this point Saab has not signed any contract nor received an order relating to this.
“I am very proud of the announcement that Sweden and Ukraine, together with Saab, are taking further steps towards giving Ukraine access to Gripen which is the world’s most advanced fighter. We look forward to supporting Ukraine’s acquisition of Gripen and the Swedish authorities in replacing the donated aircraft”, says Micael Johansson, CEO and President of Saab.
The announcements were made at a press conference in Uppsala, Sweden where Sweden’s Prime Minister Kristersson and Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy jointly presented their intent regarding Ukraine’s air defence capability and acquisition of Gripen.
