UN chief Antonio Guterres says that we are not even sleepwalking – but with our eyes wide open – towards a wider conflict.
At the same time, experts assess that Russia is gathering strength and wants a revenge after years of failed tactics and replaced generals.
Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have resisted the war in a way that Vladimir Putin had not anticipated.
The war affects Swedish defence
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has changed, and worsened, the security policy situation and also in Sweden, the armed forces have gained new insights into capabilities – and shortcomings.
– We must create a much stronger ability to handle the threat from drones, says Carl-Johan Edström, lieutenant general and head of the Armed Forces’ operations management.
Cast:
Joakim Paasikivi, lieutenant colonel and strategy teacher at the Norwegian Defense Academy.
Carl-Johan Edström, lieutenant general and head of the Armed Forces’ operations management.
Carolina Vendil Pallin, research leader at the Total Defense Research Institute, FOI.
Program manager: Bo Torbjörn Ek and Sarah Sundberg
Producer: Karin Hållsten, Pernilla Kommes
Technician: Glate Öhman
Audio from: Sveriges Radio, SVT, CNN, Reuters, AFP, The Telegraph, Russian Ministry of Defence
Source: ICELAND NEWS
