According to the deputy head of the Office of the President Ihor Zhovkva, Ukraine is currently negotiating with Sweden regarding the acquisition of Saab JAS-39 Gripen fighters.
Points of attention
- Ukraine is in negotiations with Sweden to acquire Saab JAS-39 Gripen fighters, with hopes of bolstering its defense capabilities.
- Western partners express concerns over Ukraine using Gripen fighters for strikes against Russia due to the risk of escalating conflicts.
- Multiple reasons are cited for Western partners' reservations, including misconceptions about Russia, reluctance to take decisive actions, and adherence to mythical red lines.
- According to international law, a country defending itself against aggression has the right to destroy the main instruments of genocide used by the enemy regime, such as the Russian Federation.
- Two proposed methods for countering Russian aviation threats include shooting down planes in the air and destroying aircraft on air bases using long-range missiles.
What is known about the negotiations between Ukraine and Sweden regarding the acquisition of Gripen
This is a topic that the president constantly raises before the leadership of Sweden. And so it was even before Sweden joined NATO. For obvious reasons, they were not ready to make any promises at the time as they were finalizing their membership in the Alliance. Now the country is in NATO, and the president is again communicating with the Prime Minister of Sweden, and our Ministry of Defense - with the relevant authorities in Sweden. These fighters are as good as the F-16, and we are moving in that direction, Zhovkva noted.
Why are Western partners against Ukraine's use of their weapons for attacks on the Russian Federation
The first reason is that the representatives of the political elites still live in the illusion that Russia is a relatively civilized country that sometimes violates, but is generally ready to adhere to some framework rules. And this is not so. Russia went all-in, and today it has completely thrown off its pseudo-democratic robes and behaves as a primitive, maximally barbaric empire should behave. That is, killing for the sake of killing and killing for the sake of controlling one's own inner space. And illusions that it is possible to talk about something with Russia are extremely dangerous - Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to the head of the President's Office, explains on the Freedom TV channel.
According to him, Western partners continue to adhere to mythical red lines, the crossing of which, allegedly, could threaten even greater escalation on the part of Russia.
Because it would mean that any country with an authoritarian, totalitarian, dictatorial regime would seek to use weapons of mass destruction to realize its concept of foreign expansion. Such countries cannot provide an adequate quality of life for their own citizens. And they can keep them in a tight rein by pumping up their society with pseudo-patriotic hysteria, as is happening in Russia: they say, we will fight against the whole world for the right to be who we want to be, - emphasizes the OP representative.
The third reason is the lack of will of the collective West for decisive action when painful and sometimes unpopular decisions have to be made, the adviser to the head of the OP calls the third reason.
Although in fact all these solutions will be popular. Because the aggressor, the mass murderer must be shocked and punished. Russia must suffer not only a tactical defeat at the front, but also a demonstrative trial. And the subjects who invented the genocidal type of war should sit on the bench - not only Putin, but also the members of the Security Council of Russia. They must answer tough questions so that everyone can see the psycho-profile of these people, how deeply they do not correspond to modern times, how worthless they are in their desire to kill citizens of other countries, - emphasizes Podolyak.
He emphasized that according to international law, a state that is forced to defend itself against aggression has the right to destroy the main instruments of genocide, which in this case is being committed by the criminal Kremlin regime under the leadership of dictator Vladimir Putin.
The occupying army of the Russian Federation drops anti-aircraft missiles and anti-aircraft missiles both on Ukrainian positions on the front line and on peaceful settlements. Every month, enemy planes drop 3-5 thousand aerial bombs.
This can be countered in two ways. Shoot down planes in the air or destroy planes that are on air bases, on airfields. The first way is the counteraviation way, that is, for the same F-16 fighters. But there should be a lot of them. The second way is to use long-range missiles to destroy Russian aircraft at the bases. But the air bases are located at different depths of the territory of the Russian Federation. For example, the strategic air base is at a depth of 700-900 km. This is achievable for long-range missiles. And as soon as the West gives permission for their use in the deep territory of the Russian Federation, it will stop Russia, Podolyak noted.
