Sweden pledges to send artillery cannons to Ukraine 'as soon as possible'
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Sweden will send artillery cannons to Ukraine "as soon as possible." Ukraine is counting on further Western military aid to repel Russian advances in the eastern part of the country.
The latest promised package of Swedish military aid comes as Ukraine is fiercely clinging to territory in the east of the country against renewed Russian assaults. Ukraine is counting on continued Western military aid to repel Russian advances and to launch its own offensives.
The truck-mounted Archer is a so-called "shoot and scoot" weapon, able to quickly fire a succession of three rounds and be on the move again before the first shell hits its target.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said this week that Ukraine's Western suppliers are "in a race of logistics" to stop Russia from seizing the battlefield initiative.