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- Sweden will donate ten Coast Guard boats to Ukraine for mine clearance, transport, towing and rescue.
- The Swedish Coast Guard is preparing the vessels for transfer.
- The Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency will transport the boats to Ukraine.
- Ukraine’s State Emergency Service will receive the boats for water-borne emergency response, including demining.
- Sweden allocated just over SEK 270 million (about $28.4 million) this week to Ukraine’s defence, mainly for air-defence systems.
