'It's not just a few right wing Republicans who oppose further aid to Ukraine,' he explained, adding: 'There is a lot of pressure from the Republican rank and file voters to stop this - and that pressure is telling.'

Lord Darroch said there is also a 'long term problem' when it comes to American support for Ukraine. So before long, those supplies will start to run out.' 'I don't believe myself that Europe has the capacity to backfill that.

'Then you get real problems for Ukraine because Americans provide about 90% of the military equipment reaching Ukraine,' he said. Lord Darroch, former UK ambassador to the US, told Sky News the race to replace Kevin McCarthy as House speaker after he was ousted earlier this week could 'carry on for quite a while'. The current political paralysis in the US is 'potentially really serious' and could threaten future support for Ukraine, a former diplomat has warned. 'We also stated that a mandatory condition for the provision of fighter jets is that Sweden is a NATO ally, and we had a dialogue with the Ukrainians, and they expressed their understanding of this,' Mr Jonson said.įor context: Sweden applied to join NATO alongside Finland following the Russian invasion last year.įinland joined the alliance in April - but Sweden's bid has stalled after opposition from Hungary and Turkey.Īnkara wants Stockholm to take more 'concrete measures' against members of an extremist organisation, whom it claims are residing in Sweden.

The results of that assessment should come next month. 'We can do this by expanding our participation in the F-16 coalition or by donating or exporting the Gripen system,' he said. Swedish defence minister Paul Jonson said politicians are assessing 'the conditions under which Sweden can contribute in the field of combat aircraft'. The Swedish government announced a 14th round of military aid for Kyiv today, and tabled the possibility that it could transfer its Gripen fighter planes to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Sweden is considering sending fighter jets to Ukraine - but not until it is accepted into NATO.

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