Ukraine to Receive First Gripen Jets with Long-Range Meteor Missiles Within 10 Months

First batch of Gripen jets to arrive in Ukraine with long-range Meteor missiles – Defense Ministry

The first batch of Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets will arrive in Ukraine within the next 10 months together with long-range Meteor missiles, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has said.

Ukraine to receive first Gripen jets with long-range Meteor missiles within 10 months

The first Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets, together with long-range Meteor missiles, are expected to arrive in Ukraine within the next ten months.

Ukraine will receive “long arm” against Russian aircraft battering front positions with glide bombs

Ukraine will receive its first Swedish Gripen fighters together with long-range Meteor air-to-air missiles, Deputy Head of the President's Office Pavlo Palisa said. The combination, Palisa argued, will let Ukraine push back the Russian aircraft that launch guided glide bombs (KABs) at Ukrainian positions from just behind the front line. Russian fighter-bombers carrying KABs have battered Ukrainian forward positions throughout the war, typically …