The Ukrainian authorities have long wanted the Finnish-Norwegian defense company Nammo, which, among other things, has a factory in the Swedish city of Karlskug, to start production in Ukraine.
However, Bjorn Andersson, director of business development of Nammo ammunition manufacturer, doubted that Finland and Norway would agree to take such risks and send their citizens to the territory of Ukraine to train Ukrainian personnel, Tidningen Näringslivet writes.
According to him, the launch production "will become a priority goal" for the Russian armed forces.
Ukrainian ministers met several times with representatives of the Finnish-Norwegian company to discuss the issue of launching a plant in Ukraine , which Andresson told on Swedish radio. The Nammo company is owned by the Norwegian state and the defense company Patria, which, for its part, is half owned by the Finnish state, the author of the article notes.
"If there is money in Ukraine, then anything is possible, but I think that such a plant will become the most priority goal ," Nammo's business development director expressed his fears.
A high-ranking manager doubts the possibility of sending his company's Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish specialists to train Ukrainian personnel at a possible future factory on the territory of Ukraine . In addition, Andersson is not sure that the Finnish and Norwegian governments will want to own a plant that will become a "priority target" (for the Russian armed forces).
The publication reminds that last fall, Sweden, Norway and Denmark joined forces and purchased artillery ammunition for Ukraine for the amount of more than 600 million Swedish crowns, and the quick delivery was made possible thanks to Norway's framework agreement with Nammo.
