Sweden and Ukraine Sign Landmark Defense Innovation Agreement

Ukraine and Sweden have agreed to deepen cooperation on defense innovation, Ukrainian Minister of Defense Denys Shmyhal said after signing a letter of intent with Swedish Defence Minister Paul Jonson in Stockholm on November 7.

The agreement, Shmyhal wrote on Facebook, is intended to attract Swedish investment and technologies to Ukraine’s defense sector and to help integrate Ukrainian industry into the broader European innovation and industrial space. It also aims to create new formats for industrial cooperation and joint projects.

Shmyhal thanked Sweden for consistent support since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, noting Kyiv has received more than $9 billion from the Swedish nation to date and that Stockholm has announced roughly $8 billion in further military assistance for 2026–27.

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He welcomed Sweden’s participation in initiatives such as PURL and in the so-called “Danish model,” which he said helped deliver some 400 deep-strike munitions to Ukraine’s armed forces.

The leaders discussed air capabilities, including possible Swedish deliveries of Gripen combat aircraft, and explored joint development of surface-to-air interceptors and domestic radar production.

Shmyhal also pressed for additional missile supplies for Ukraine’s air-defense systems. He closed by thanking Sweden for its continued support.

Previously, Sweden’s top air force commander has warned that NATO risks losing “the next decisive conflict in Europe” unless it accelerates weapons development and adapts as quickly as Ukraine.

“If we can’t develop in a faster pace, if we cannot innovate and learn under pressure like Ukraine does, we may lose” a future war with Russia, said Jonas Wikman, commander of the Swedish Air Force, at the Defence IQ International Fighter Conference in Rome.

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