Any aircraft serves as a weapons platform, so the transfer of Gripen jets to Ukraine may also involve additional missiles and bombs from partner nations. — Ukrinform.

The agreement comes just days after the first delivery of the Gripen E into the Swedish Air Force inventory, a milestone that technically enables potential transfers of Gripen C/Ds to Ukraine to begin. Stockholm has previously suggested it could donate 14 aircraft to Kyiv.

EADaily, October 23rd, 2025. The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) currently have a fleet of combat fighters, which does not exceed several dozen aircraft.

New agreements to strengthen Ukraine's combat aviation and air defense, transformation of the NSDC Secretariat became the main topics of President Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting with Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Rustem Umerov.

Russia attacked Ukraine with two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Bryansk Oblast and four S-300 surface-to-air missiles from Kursk Oblast. The occupiers also launched drones from Kursk, Oryol,