Russian planes that entered Swedish airspace on March 2 were armed with nuclear weapons. Two Su24 attack planes, escorted by two Su27 fighters, which took off from a Russian air base in Kaliningrad, were armed with nuclear weapons, according to TV4 Nyheter sources. The Swedish Armed Forces declined to comment on whether the two attack planes were armed with nuclear weapons, but believe the airspace violation was intentional. “We see it as a conscious action,” said Air Force Commander KarlJohan Edstrom.
“I am in no way ruling out Sweden’s membership of NATO.” This was said by Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in an interview with Swedish television “Svt”. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has fundamentally changed the security situation, according to the prime minister, and therefore there could be a reason for Sweden to reconsider Swedish nonalignment. “We can say that nonalignment was good for Sweden, it kept us out of the conflict, but when the security policy map is redrawn, it is necessary to conduct an updated analysis and make decisions based on it. added Andersson. The government, the prime minister said, is currently updating the security policy analysis and Magdalena Andersson says a decision on possible NATO membership must be based on what is best for Sweden. “It’s something a lot of Swedes are thinking about right now, of course I’m thinking a lot too,” he said.
