https://www.theguardian.c...bought-with-russian-money
Ukraine
could buy up to 150 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden, paid for using frozen Russian assets, under a deal agreed on Wednesday. Ukraine already has US-made F-16 and French-made Mirage 2000 fighter jets. The Gripen has long been vaunted as more practical for Ukrainian battlefield conditions – being built, for example, to take off and land on civilian roads as well as runways so that it can fight from dispersed locations rather than just airfields. The Swedish PM, Ulf Kristersson, said financing of the procurement could come via frozen Russian assets held in western countries and from allied nations in the “coalition of the willing”. “We fully realise it’s a long road ahead of us … But from today we are committed to exploring all the possibilities in providing Ukraine with a large amount of Gripen fighters in the future.”
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, said his military aimed to receive and start using Gripen jets next year, adding: “For our army, Gripens are a priority. It is about money, about manoeuvres.” Justin Bronk, air warfare expert at London’s Royal United Services Institute, said the
Gripen E would “hypothetically represent a significantly more capable medium-weight fighter” than Ukraine’s existing fleet because of its radar, internal electronic warfare systems and ability to carry and launch long-range Meteor air-to-air missiles. Sweden has ordered 60 of the latest Gripen E model and Saab is increasing capacity in its Linkoping plant aiming to produce 20 to 30 planes per year, as well as building them in Brazil.
Een wappie is iemand die gevallen is voor de (jarenlange) Russische desinformatiecampagnes.
Wantrouwen en confirmation bias doen de rest.