
Ukraine Buys Gripen: Swedish Fighters Become a Long Bet on the Sky
The Saab contract for 16 Gripen E jets shows that Kyiv is building air power not only for the current war, but for postwar deterrence against Russia.

The Saab contract for 16 Gripen E jets shows that Kyiv is building air power not only for the current war, but for postwar deterrence against Russia.
This section covers the military, financial, humanitarian, and diplomatic support Ukraine is receiving from the U.S., the European Union, G7 countries, international financial institutions, and individual allies in response to Russia’s full-scale war. The focus is on the volume of aid to Ukraine, arms packages, air defense systems, ammunition, macro-financial assistance, budgetary support, loans, grants, reconstruction programs, sanctions policy, and decisions regarding the use of proceeds from frozen Russian assets. The report devotes special attention to the chronology of support by year—2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and plans for 2026—as well as the political risks that influence the speed and scale of decisions. Specifically, it addresses the role of the EU, the Ukraine Facility, military support mechanisms, the U.S. position, and the factor of Hungary, which periodically blocks or slows down important decisions from Brussels. The newspaper analyzes not only the numbers but also the trends: how the architecture of international support is changing, who is shouldering the main burden, and which decisions will determine sustainability.
Aid to Ukraine — an analysis of military, financial, humanitarian, and political support from the U.S., the EU, the G7, and allies. A timeline of decisions, the size of aid packages, the role of international institutions, Hungary’s position, and plans for 2026.

The Saab contract for 16 Gripen E jets shows that Kyiv is building air power not only for the current war, but for postwar deterrence against Russia.

The London meeting of Zelensky, Starmer, Merz and Macron showed that a ceasefire is no longer being discussed apart from security guarantees, air defence and pressure on Moscow.

The ratification of the EU’s largest loan package gives Kyiv resources for defense and the budget, but it also shows how much Ukraine’s resilience depends on the political speed of its allies.