Sweden has signed a letter of intent to supply up to 150 of its domestically produced Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

The two leaders met for talks in Linkoping in southern Sweden and visited Saab, which is the maker of the JAS 39 Gripen fighter, the GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, missile systems, anti-tank infantry weapons and other equipment.

Kristersson told a news conference the two countries had signed a long-term co-operation agreement over air defences.

The co-operation included the possibility of exporting 100-150 new Gripen E fighter jets in what would easily be Sweden's biggest ever aircraft export order.

"We fully realise it's a long road ahead of us," Kristersson said with a

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