There will be F-16 aircraft deliveries, as well as the French mirage and the Swedish gripen, Ivan Gavrilyuk announced.
Ukraine may receive Swedish fighters. Deputy Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Ivan Gavrilyuk said in an interview with the BBC, published Monday, September 29th.
He said additional supplies of F-16 aircraft were expected, as well as the French mirage and the Swedish gripen. But he did not make it clear when they were coming and what volume.
“Let’s go, when you see them in the air in Ukraine, you understand,” Gavrilyuk said.
In clarifying the question of which planes are “expected” -Mirage, GriPen, F -16 or just one of them, Gavrilyuk replied: “In practice, you call the nomenclature correctly, but in detail when, what, I’m not,”
As you know, on August 19, 2024, President Vladimir Zelensky visited Sweden. He said Ukrainian pilots have begun participating in the opening training at JAS 39 GriPen and expressed a desire for Ukraine to have such aircraft.
Thereafter, it was officially reported that Ukraine and Sweden were in agreement with the gripen aircraft. And in early September, it was found that Sweden was ready to provide Ukraine with old versions of GriPen, and the sale of more modern models was possible only after the end of the war.
Saab Jas 39 GriPen (Griffin) is a fourth -fourth -purpose fighter, developed considering the university. Jas Deciphens reduction as Jakt (fighter), attack (aircraft attack) and spaning (scout). This aircraft is in service with Sweden, Hungary, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Brazil, Thailand and South Africa. In total, 264 said the aircraft was released.
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