MADRID (AP) – The Latest on the final day of the NATO summit in Madrid: Sweden plans to send additional military support to Ukraine, including anti-tank weapons, support weapons and demining equipment that it says Kyiv had requested.
The hardware is worth approximately 500 million kronor ($49 million).
“It is important that the support to Ukraine from the democratic countries in Europe is continuous and long-term,” Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said, according to the Swedish news agency TT.
He didn´t say when and how the equipment would be delivered but said, “It is in everyone´s interest that it is delivered as quickly as possible.”
Sweden was invited at a NATO summit this week to join the Western military alliance.
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