The consecutive line between Moscow and Stockholm is just over 1400 km.In an interview with the agency Reuters on Tuesday, Swedish defence minister Pal Jonson said the country must ‘build a stronger deterrent mechanism” to Russia’s increasing long - scope rocket capabilities.
Last period he warned that citizens of European NATO countries should prepare for a possible war against Russia.After the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, Sweden resigned from neutrality and joined NATO.
She became 1 of Kiev's most persistent allies, providing Ukrainian armed forces with artillery systems, anti-tank weapons, anti-aircraft defence components, ammunition and training.
In June, she agreed to increase defence spending to match the fresh NATO mark of 5% of GDP, compared to the current 2.7%.Swedish abroad minister Maria Malmer Stenergård was a very hawk towards Russia, but she besides criticized another NATO members for not giving adequate assistance to Ukraine and forcing the Nordic countries to accept a disproportionately large part of the support."The fact that the Nordic countries, with less than 30 million inhabitants, supply 1 3rd of the military support that NATO countries, with nearly a billion inhabitants this year...
It's not balanced.
That's not wise in any way.
And it says a lot about what Nordic countries do – but more about what others don't do” – she said.At the beginning of this month, defence representatives from the Nordic and Baltic countries conducted simulation exercises in Norway that simulated ‘potential armed conflict’ or ‘Military action against Russia on the northern flank’, as the media reports.Russia has repeatedly rejected accusations of hostile intentions towards Western states and expressed concern over the expanding military activity close its borders, condemning what it calls "irresponsible militarisation" Western.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/628405-sweden-long-range-missions-russia/
