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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Watling

Sweden must brace for war, claims top official in push for greater defence spending

EPA

Two top Swedish officials have warned the country should brace for war as it prepares for the first stages of joining Nato.

During a security conference in western Sweden over the weekend, the country’s Civil Defence Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin said action needed to be taken rapidly to mitigate against a looming threat from Russia, pointing to the developing situation in Ukraine as evidence that war could spread to other parts of Europe.

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