
The deployment aims to strengthen the defense of NATO's eastern flank and the logistics hub for aid supplies to Ukraine
Sweden will send a Patriot air defense system and about 100 troops to Poland to guard a logistics hub providing military aid to Ukraine as part of measures to strengthen NATO's eastern flank.
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Sweden has previously sent Gripen fighters to Poland to patrol NATO airspace.
Sweden will deploy the Patriot air defense system in Poland to strengthen defense of NATO's eastern flank, the kingdom's armed forces said.
"Sweden will deploy the Patriot air defense system to Poland to strengthen the defense of NATO's eastern flank," the military said in a statement.
It clarifies that about 100 military personnel will also be sent to Poland. The Swedish forces will be tasked with protecting a logistics center used to supply military aid to Ukraine.
The armed forces previously said Sweden would send Gripen fighter jets to Poland for two months to participate in a NATO air policing mission, including protecting a logistics hub.

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