By way of an authorisation, Swedish government has been given the right to decide to donate military equipment in the form of spare parts and emergency supplies. This was stated on the Riksdag’s website.
Sweden will hand over munitions and spare parts worth no more than SEK 1.1bn and mine-clearance equipment and transport vehicles at a value of a maximum of SEK 2.15bn.
In addition, the Riksdag also decided to give the Swedish government opportunity to sell a limited number of AMRAAM missiles to the United States. The USA has launched a programme to repurchase older versions of AMRAAM missiles provided the same countries purchase new AMRAAM missiles. The programme is aimed at donating the repurchased missiles to Ukraine to enable Ukrainian air defences to be strengthened.
The decision means that the expenditure area for defence and contingency measures in the central government budget will be increased by SEK 545mn this year.
Yesterday it became known that the Swedish government is preparing the 13th aid package for Ukraine. It will include ammunition for Stridsfordon 90 and Archer systems. Recently, the Swedish company Satcube transferred its own satellite Internet terminals to Ukraine, which can be used in de-occupied territories where mobile and terrestrial networks do not work.