Sweden Agrees Plan to Sell as Many as 150 Jets to Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Ulf Kristersson during a news conference in Linköping, Sweden, on Oct. 22.
Photographer: Fredrik Sandberg/AFP/Getty ImagesSweden and Ukraine signed a deal paving the way to supply the war-torn nation with as many as 150 Saab fighter jets, sending the Swedish company’s shares higher.
Speaking alongside the Nordic country’s prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, in Linkoping, Sweden, on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the Swedish Gripen fighters were a “priority” for Ukraine.