A Conversation with Pål Jonson, Minister of Defense of Sweden during the YES meeting in Kyiv

On 24 February 2024, the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and Yalta European Strategy (YES) held a conversation with the Minister of Defense of Sweden on the occasion of the YES meeting in Kyiv “Two Years - Stay in Fight” dedicated to the second anniversary of Ukraine's resistance to the full-scale invasion of Russia.
Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden (2006-2014); Prime Minister of Sweden (1991-1994), Member, YES Board held a conversation with the Minister of Defense of Sweden, Pål Jonson to discuss Sweden’s foreign policy towards Ukraine.
Commenting Sweden’s military support to Ukraine Pål Jonson said: “We have just presented our last support package on Tuesday which was our biggest package to-date, at around $700 million dollars. Our combined value of military assistance is 3 billion dollars which is about 20% of our defense budgets”.
“We are focusing on two things: air defense and artillery ammunition which is crucial as Russia is outshooting the Ukraine side. As well as that we are providing Ukrainians newly produced defense materials”, Pål Jonson added.
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