welcome to PPR Global every day on the battlefield both the Ukrainian Army and the Russian Armed Forces lose a large number of main battle tanks armored vehicles military trucks and Pickups since the start of the war the Russian army has lost 8,768 tanks and 17222 armored combat Vehicles Sweden one of kiev's most important allies made a very surprising move as the number of L es of such vehicles of the Russian army reached its peak and provided a striking support to the Ukrainian armed forces in terms of armored vehicles before moving on to Sweden's surprise move
don't forget to subscribe to our Channel turn on notifications and like to be informed about our content let's discover together how the Scandinavian giant is supporting Ukraine in ground combat and take a closer look at what stage the war has reached with Western military aid first of all the news that 170 armored personnel carriers were on their way from Sweden came to the agenda a video of a series of pbv 302 armored personnel carriers being prepared to be sent from Sweden to Ukraine was posted on the internet a Czech citizen named cojan JiJi posted the
video on his social media account X according to the video a Echelon of pbv 302 armored personnel carriers has arrived in the Czech Republic the video also shows a train carrying Swedish armored vehicles passing through the USI NAD laabam station in the Czech Republic and continuing its journey by rail it was reported in May that Sweden would transfer pbv 302 to Ukraine from its National stocks now the stockh home government is sending these sturdy armored vehicles of the old days referred to as old wolves to Ukraine the pbv 302 armored personnel carriers will be supplied
with spare parts maintenance equipment and ammunition Sweden will also provide tankers and resources to maintain previously donated equipment all this is part of Sweden's 17th Aid package to Ukraine the KY of government is most looking forward to the arrival of the pbv 302s which are on their way with the aid package rather than the additional military resources provided by Sweden so why does Ukraine want these armored vehicles so badly when we take a closer look at the Swedish armored vehicles sent as part of the latest Aid package we can clearly understand why ke is eagerly
awaiting these armored carriers the Swedish pansar Ben vag 302 trekked armored personnel carrier was developed by hagon and Sunner in the 1960s this armored vehicle was put into military use in 1966 and a total of 644 units were produced by the standards of the 1960s the pbv 302 armored personnel carrier received extremely powerful Armament in the form of the HS 804 20 alats automatic Cannon the pbv 302 is a good armored vehicle Superior to Soviet counterparts such as the BTR 50p and BMP bmd 1R 23 the armored vehicle can withstand hits from 20 M shells
from the front while these shells punch holes in the Soviet BMP bmd one2 to3 thanks to its good Mobility CrossCountry ability and low ground pressure the pbv 302 can also operate in swampy terrain Sweden is transferring all its pbv through 302s with these important characteristics to Ukraine in 2024 about 170 pbv 32s were in storage enough to fully equip five brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces the vehicles have been in storage since 2014 and are in excellent condition yes it must be admitted that the vehicle is outdated and unable to respond to the modern challenges
of warfare but in in a situation of acute shortage of armored vehicles when the situation on both sides is not the best the Swedish Armada armored vehicles are a prize due to the shortage in August the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense approved the delivery of this Swedish tracked armored personnel carrier to the Troops as we all know in early August the Ukrainian Army launched a surprise military operation in the ksk oblast as the crossb military operation continues to intensify it is quite logical for Ukraine to make such an armored vehicle move although these vehicles are designed
as armored personnel carriers they can be used as infantry fighting vehicles in the Ukrainian Defense Forces therefore the arrival of pbv 302s in Ukraine will have a positive impact on ke's strategic military operation plans in every sense most importantly while the Russian army is losing dozens of armored vehicles every day both in Kur and on the donbass front lines the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to use the pbv 302 armored vehicles purchased from Sweden on the battlefield it seems that Ukrainian forces will be more advantageous than the Russian army in compensating for their losses
Sweden also needs to replace these armored vehicles the stockh government is making a significant effort to do so the Swedish government stated that the donation temporarily reduced the country's defense capability and therefore the Swedish Ministry of defense will purchase new armored vehicles the model of the new armored vehicles to be purchased is not clear at the moment it is not surprising that Sweden is providing assistance to Ukraine without determining the armored vehicles to be purchased since the beginning of the war the Scandinavian country has intensively supported Kev militarily and financially the Stockholm government has provided
Ukraine with a total of $ 48.1 billion in military aid since 2022 Sweden announced its 16th military aid package to Ukraine in May valued at $1.3 billion it was Sweden's largest military aid package since the full-scale invasion began the package included two ASC 890 radar reconnaissance and control aircraft the aforementioned Swedish stock of ponar banan 302 infantry armored vehicles artillery shells air defense missiles and supplies to help maintain and replace previously donated military equipment we should also recall Sweden's recently announced 17th Aid package this $443 million package AG was the last step in Sweden's Aid
to Ukraine this Aid package included the pbv 302 tracked armored personnel carriers mentioned in our video as well as the robot system 70 Man portable air defense systems according to the Swedish government's message the new Swedish Aid package included camouflage equipment for the previously transferred equipment the package included various armor piercing and small caliber bullets coiless rifles and anti-tank mines grenade launchers with projectiles protective equipment helmets and winter uniforms in addition Sweden is donating SEC $500 million worth of Naval equipment mainly six combat boo 90 gunboats and related equipment in response to the threat posed
by Russia to Ukrainian Merchant shipping traffic in the Black Sea and Stockholm is also sending Ukraine portable air defense systems or man pads and allocating additional funds to Kiev to procure unmanned aerial Vehicles the Swedish government also announced plans to provide Ukraine with 75 billion Swedish Crowns or $7 billion in military aid between 2024 and 2026 not content with this Sweden has also announced that it is providing major support to Ukrainian Army Pilots with F-16 fighter jets the Swedish government has taken a striking step for the pilots of the Ukrainian Army's Air Force to achieve
more success against the Russian Air Force in the later stages of the war and for these Pilots to do better work with the new F-16 fighter jets that have just arrived in the Ukrainian Army this step was taken during the official visit of the Ukrainian defense Ministry delegation to Sweden during the visit Ukrainian Deputy defense minister ol alander balanza and Victoria malmer director of defense policy at the Swedish Ministry of Defense discussed the development of new defense policies and doctrines in cooperation with Ukrainian research and Innovation institutions one of the highlights of the visit was
the introductory meeting with representatives of the Swedish Air Force combat Simulation Center during the meeting the Ukrainian delegation received a detailed overview of how Swedish Pilots are trained using aviation simulators the Ukrainian side expressed interest in training Ukrainian Airforce pilots and specialists in Sweden the meeting also Revisited the supply of ACS 890 Airborne early warning and control aircraft to Ukraine their inclusion in the Ukrainian air defense system and coordination with existing Ukrainian fighter aircraft in short Sweden is trying to support Ukraine in every way against the Russian invasion thank you for following us