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Sweden is clearly taking Vladimir Putin’s repeated threats to escalate its current war in Ukraine with deadly seriousness. Households received a booklet recently detailing steps they could take to stay safe in the face of the threat of a possible war in their region. The book also covers the prospect of cyber attacks, pathogens, extreme weather events and organised crime.
