Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultkvist admitted that the kingdom will produce weapons for Ukraine, DW reports..

“I don’t rule it out, but it’s too early to say,” he said in an interview with SVT on August 11, commenting on the results of the donor conference for Ukraine, which took place that day in Copenhagen.

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At a conference with the participation of the heads of defense departments of 17 countries, three main areas of long-term support for Ukraine were identified: military training, demining of territories and production of weapons.

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According to the Swedish minister, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic have already expressed their interest in the production of weapons for Ukraine.. “We are talking about using production lines in different countries to produce weapons that can be directly supplied to Ukraine,” Hultqvist said.. “We expect the conflict to be protracted and therefore believe that the deliveries that have been made so far should be supplemented by direct production.”.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sweden has supplied Kyiv with several shipments of weapons. In particular, in March, Stockholm announced the dispatch of 5,000 anti-tank weapons. At the same time, the authorities announced the transfer of protective equipment, drones and binoculars to the Ukrainian side.. In early June, Sweden decided to send Ukraine anti-ship missiles, anti-tank weapons and 12.7-mm rifles with ammunition.