Sweden can help fund Ukraine's Gripen deal

7/11/2025 6:28

Sweden and Ukraine are making progress on financing for a major deal that could include Kyiv buying up to 150 Gripen E fighter jets, Sweden's defence minister told Reuters on Thursday, adding that Stockholm could fund part of the deal via military aid.



Sweden signed a long-term cooperation agreement in October with Ukraine for air defences that includes the possibility of exporting the fourth-generation fighter jets, in what would be Sweden's biggest aircraft order yet.



The cost of the potential deal has not been disclosed but manufacturer Saab sold four Gripen aircraft in the third quarter to Thailand in an order valued at 5.3 billion Swedish crowns ($563 million), raising questions over Ukraine's ability to finance the purchase.