Sweden open to sending Gripens to Ukraine after joining NATO

On October 6, Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson announced that a transfer of JAS 39C/D Gripen multi-role fighters to Ukraine could be on the cards, although “domestic security reasons” mean that any such transfer “would be conditional on Sweden first becoming a member of NATO,” and thus covered by NATO’s collective defence commitments. This was the first time that the possibility of second-hand Gripen deliveries to Kyiv has been directly linked to Sweden gaining NATO membership. Sweden’s governing Moderate Party