🇸🇪 #Sweden send military aid worth $1.3 billion to Ukraine: ASC-890 aircraft, PBV 302, artillery ammunition and AMRAAMs.
🇬🇧 "Kyiv has already launched Storm Shadow missile attacks on #Russia with the permission of #UK", - Yuriy Sak
🇨🇿 "The first batch of artillery shells within the framework of the #Czech initiative will arrive in #Ukraine in the coming days", - PM of the Czech Republic.
#Sweden announced a new $1.3 billion military aid to #Ukraine, the largest so far.
Handing over radar reconnaissance and control aircraft (ASC 890) to UA, thereby strengthening Ukraine's air defense capabilities. Sweden donates the entire Swedish stock of Pansarbandvagn 302 (Pbv 302) to support the building of new Ukrainian army brigades. Sweden also donates artillery ammunition, as well as providing resources for the maintenance of previously donated equipment
"Meet the CRANKs: How China, Russia, Iran and North Korea Align Against America
Setting aside “Axis of Evil,” or its calibrated stepchild “Axis of Upheaval,” what might be a better name for the China-Russia-Iran-North Korea cluster? Consider an acronym—" #CRANK ,” representing #China -Russia - #Iran - #NorthKorea."
Swedish minister on #Kyiv striking Russian soil with Western arms: ‘Ukraine has right to defend itself’
“Ukraine has the right to defend itself through #military actions aimed at the enemy’s territory as long as the military actions comply with the laws of war"
Learning about others' cultures is good for us all, so I strongly recommend a film I was surprised is showing on Netflix. It's called Stolen.
It's about a Sami girl/woman trying to right a wrong. It's apparently based on true events and going by how we see indigenous folk treated, could well be close to the truth.
"#Ukraine is exposed to an unprovoked and illegal war of aggression by #Russia. According to international law, Ukraine has the right to defend itself by means of hostilities aimed at the territory of the adversary as long as the hostilities comply with the laws of war. Sweden stands behind international law and Ukraine's right to defend itself.”
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
Feb 2024 article. An airborne mobile radar will be huge for the #WestPHSea
#Sweden is likely to offer a Lease/finance arrangement similar to the one
it has with #Thailand. This is more
cost-effective than an outright sale
even compared to a "budget" fighter jet
such as the #FA50.
It's also expected to further sweeten
the deal with the offer of an #Saab2000Erieye early warning system as part of the Gripen package #Philippines