Swedish defense minister announces presence of department reps in Ukraine

Representatives of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration are already present in Ukraine, Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson said in an interview with The Kyiv Independent, Report informs via TASS.

The minister did not specify how many department representatives are in Ukraine or when they arrived in the country. He noted that Sweden does not rule out the possibility of training Ukrainian troops on Ukrainian territory.

"We think it would be good if we could come to unity on this issue, it is currently being discussed at several different points in Europe," Jonson said.

In 2024, Ukraine signed its first direct contract for weapons procurement with an unnamed Swedish company. No details of the contract were specified in the report. The agreement was concluded with the assistance of the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration.

The contract was signed as part of the cooperation established between the Swedish agency and Ukraine's Defense Procurement Agency at the NATO summit in Vilnius in summer 2023.