The so-called "Aviation Coalition", a group of countries that help Ukraine with supplies of combat aircraft, has advised Sweden to refrain for now from transferring Gripen multi-role fighters to Ukraine. This was stated at a briefing at NATO headquarters in Brussels by Swedish Defense Minister Paul Jönsson, reports "Militarny", quoted by Focus.
He does not rule out such a possibility in the future and states that Ukraine is interested in the planes.
He explains the decision to refrain from transferring the fighters with infrastructural and technical difficulties:
"I think it would be difficult to introduce three types of combat aircraft simultaneously. "Currently, these are F-16s and also Mirage," said the Swedish Defense Minister.
In response to a question about the possible deployment of Gripen to Ukraine, he stated:
"But, as you probably know, the aviation coalition has advised us to refrain from this step for the time being and instead focus on our AWACS aircraft," commented Poul Jönsson.
Aviation Coalition: Sweden not to transfer Gripen fighters to Ukraine
Paul Jönsson does not rule out such a possibility in the future and states that Kiev is interested in the planes
Oct 15, 2025 16:56 216
