Sweden won’t be intimidated by Russia’s provocations, Defence Minister Pal Jonson mentioned Friday after President Vladimir Putin hinted at strikes on Western nations supplying weapons to Ukraine.
The Swedish minister’s remarks got here as he introduced “substantial funding” to Ukraine for the procurement of long-range missiles and drones.
“The Russian escalation and provocation that we have been noticing not too long ago is an try to scare us from supporting Ukraine, and that can fail. This won’t occur,” Jonson instructed reporters at a joint press convention in Stockholm along with his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov.
“Supporting Ukraine is each the best factor to do and it is a good factor to do, and it is an funding into our personal safety, as a result of (Ukraine’s) safety can also be our safety,” he mentioned.
“Ukraine has the total proper, in accordance with worldwide legislation, to defend itself inside and out of doors of its territory, and we’re glad if we will additional develop each your functionality to provide long-range missiles and in addition long-range strike drones,” Jonson instructed Umerov.
Putin mentioned Thursday that the battle in Ukraine had traits of a “international” battle, criticising Ukraine’s allies for granting permission for Kyiv to make use of Western-supplied weapons to strike targets on Russian territory.
In latest days Ukraine has fired US and UK-supplied missiles at Russian territory for the primary time, escalating already sky-high tensions within the practically three-year-long battle.
“We contemplate ourselves entitled to make use of our weapons towards the navy amenities of these nations that enable their weapons for use towards our amenities,” Putin mentioned.Â
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