This morning, Defence Minister Pål Jonson (Moderate Party), Mikael Oscarsson (Christian Democrats) and Anna Starbrink (Liberals) presented the fourteenth support package for Ukraine. The main part of the package concerns ammunition and spare parts, but also covers training efforts. The Defence Minister also announced that the government is tasking the Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten), with support from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), to analyse and report on the conditions for donating or exporting the JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft to Ukraine.

The support package contains defence materiel including artillery ammunition (155 mm), spare parts, infantry equipment and ammunition for the Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90), with a value of approximately 1.7 billion Swedish kronor. The main part of the support package concerns ammunition and spare parts. The total value of the entire support package is estimated at approximately 2.2 billion Swedish kronor, the Ministry of Defence states in a press release.

The government proposes that Sweden donates infantry materiel in the form of, for example, body armour and assault rifles. Group equipment such as all-terrain vehicles including quad bikes, stretchers, night-vision sights and binoculars, as well as winter equipment, will also be donated, according to the press release.

Ukraine has also requested materiel to assist with communications over longer distances. The proposed support package therefore includes equipment for satellite communications covering voice, video and data, the Ministry of Defence states.

The specific models of body armour, assault rifles or other equipment involved are not specified.

With the fourteenth military support package, Sweden will have donated materiel to a total value of approximately 22.2 billion Swedish kronor, according to the Ministry of Defence.

During the press conference, the Defence Minister stated that the orientation training conducted by Ukrainian pilots and ground personnel on the Gripen system has now been completed. He continued by stating that the government has tasked the Swedish Armed Forces and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) with analysing the conditions for a potential combat aircraft contribution to Ukraine.

The report is to include, among other things, the impact on defence capability, defence economics, and other defence activities and planning. This could be achieved by supporting, in various ways, the F-16 coalition formed with, among others, Denmark and the Netherlands, or by donating or exporting the Gripen directly to Ukraine. The assignment is to be reported on 6 November, when the Supreme Commander (ÖB) presents the military advisory opinion.