President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Ukraine aims to receive and start using Swedish Gripen jets next year.

“For our army, Gripens are a priority. It is about money, about maneuvers,” he told a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson during a visit to Linköping.

Sweden has signed a letter of intent that could see it supply up to 150 of its domestically produced Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine, Kristersson said.

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

Kristersson told a news conference the two countries had signed a long-term cooperation agreement over air defences. The cooperation 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 Gripen in Swedish livery in the background. “But from today we are committed to exploring all the possibilities in providing Ukraine with a large amount of Gripen fighters in the future.”