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Stockholm fiercely disapproved of the Soviet attack on Finland on November 30, 1939. The Swedes feared that, were their next-door neighbor to fall and be occupied, their country would be next.
Dec 27, 2021 · WASHINGTON ― The supreme commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, Gen. Micael Bydén, recently met in person with the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chief’s of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, to discuss the...
- Joe Gould
Oct 4, 2022 · Russia’s war in Ukraine has sent marines from famously neutral Sweden into the arms of NATO, where they have been working with American forces.
The first air raid. On January 14, 1940, Soviet aircraft attacked Swedish territory for the first time. Having flown over northern Finland and the Gulf of Bothnia, three DB-3 bombers reached the...
- Boris Egorov
May 24, 2024 · Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 led to additional reinforcements, exercises, and investment in Gotland’s defence, totalling US$160 million (£125 million). In April 2023, Sweden...
- Natasha Lindstaedt
Aug 10, 2023 · Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — and Sweden’s subsequent decision to seek NATO membership — have put the country in the Russian cross hairs. The work of the Psychological Defense Agency could...
May 22, 2024 · Finland and Sweden did not join NATO to be part of a U.S.-led plot to encircle Russia; they were reacting to cumulative evidence of aggressive Russian imperialism. Russian military aggression is what killed off Finnish and Swedish neutrality, with the invasion of Ukraine delivering the final blow.
