Over time, the Swedes realized that their proximity to Russia would ensure that they would be involved with some kind of hostile action with Russia. Better to prepare for the dark days of conflict rather than rest on their laurels.
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson warned that the outcome of the war in Ukraine will shape generations to come and that the world was at a crossroads. It comes as
Swedish police have been investigating the suspected sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, connecting Germany and Finland. A series of undersea cables and gas pipelines have been damaged in suspected attacks since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022,
A string of incidents involving damage to cables and other infrastructure in the Baltic Sea have occurred in recent months, amid soaring tensions between the West and Russia over Moscow's war in Ukraine.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attend a meeting during the United Nations General Assembly summit in New York City, U.S., September 24, 2024. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File photo OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stressed in a call on Thursday that any talks to end the war with Russia must include Kyiv at the negotiating table,
Today, the folly of that approach has been revealed—and Sweden, NATO’s newest member, appears to be quickly changing course.
Finland became the first of the NATO newcomer countries to declare its concerns about the possible demand of US President Donald Trump to exclude it and Sweden from the North Atlantic Alliance in order to improve Washington's relations with Moscow.
Sweden will provide the Saab-made Tridon guns and, alongside Lithuania, the Saab RBS 70 launchers. Ireland is providing the Giraffe radars, also made by Saab in Sweden. The radars detect targets for the missiles and guns to shoot down.
Sweden has announced a new aid package for Ukraine, including RBS 70 and Tridon Mk2 air defense systems, to mark the war’s third anniversary.
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Hosted on MSNRussia war: Sweden ready for peacekeeping troops in UkraineSweden has said it will not rule out sending peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. The Swedish Foreign Minister, Maria Malmer Stenergard, disclosed this via Swedish Radio. “We must now first negotiate a just and sustainable peace that respects international law,
Swedish police said on Friday they were investigating a suspected case of sabotage of an undersea telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, and the country’s coast guard deployed a vessel to the area where multiple seabed cables have been damaged in recent months.
The shift in U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, which enters its fourth year on Monday, has raised alarms in Kyiv and in capitals across Europe. A new documentary finds that those anxieties are especially high in some of Russia’s neighbors on the Baltic Sea.
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