Sweden announces $68.8 million security aid package to Ukraine
ISTANBUL
Sweden said on Wednesday it would provide Ukraine with a security aid package of 720 million Swedish kronor ($68.8 million).
“Good news from Scandinavia: Sweden announced another package of security aid to Ukraine worth SEK 720 million. Air defense systems, vehicles, winter equipment will help our soldiers and support the struggle of Ukraine. Thanks to Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Minister of Defense Pal Jonsson, and the Swedish people,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov writes on Twitter.
Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced earlier that his country would provide Ukraine with the largest aid package “to date”, a total of 3 billion Swedish kronor ($287 million).
“Sweden is significantly increasing our support for Ukraine’s freedom, sovereignty and territorial integrity. Today we announced the largest Swedish military and humanitarian aid packages to Ukraine to date, including a ground-based air defense system,” wrote Kristersson on Twitter.
The support comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia fired “about 100 missiles” over Ukraine on Tuesday, mostly targeting the country’s energy infrastructure.
Ukrainian officials also reported explosions in several cities, including Rivne, Lviv, Vinnytsia and Kovel.
Parts of Rivne, the administrative center of the western Rivne region, were left without electricity after explosions at a critical infrastructure site, Mayor Alexander Tretyak said on Telegram.
Three residential buildings collided in Kyiv on the same day, killing a civilian, the mayor said.