Zelensky announced an agreement to produce Swedish CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said following a meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson that the parties had reached agreements on localizing the production of Swedish CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) in Ukraine. This was reported in Zelensky’s Telegram channel.

“Today we detailed our agreement on the joint production of CV90 combat vehicles in Ukraine, localization of production and repair,” he told reporters.

According to Zelensky, these BMBs are already being used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, the issue of supplying Ukraine with Gripen multipurpose fighters was discussed. Test flights with the participation of Ukrainian pilots are already underway, he added.

In early August, a CV-90 captured in the special operation zone examined Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during an inspection of the work of the advanced command post of the Center group of troops. As the commander of the group, Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev, said at the time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have spare parts and tools for Western armored vehicles in order to quickly repair them in combat conditions. Among other shortcomings he singled out are the low rate of fire of the armored vehicle, the absence of a guided weapon system and “low survivability due to the high silhouette.”

On July 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with members of the Russian Security Council, noted that the supplied equipment and thousands of foreign mercenaries do not help Kyiv achieve any results in the counteroffensive. The head of state noted that the equipment supplied to Ukraine is on fire. At the end of July, Shoigu said that Ukraine had lost 20,824 servicemen and 2,227 pieces of military equipment in July.