NATO and the European Union face a long conflict with Russia. Head of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tobias Billström, said this in an interview with Deutsche Welle (the institution is included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) (DW).
“We face a long conflict with Russia. “This applies to NATO and the European Union,” he said.
The Minister called on Europe to prepare for this scenario. He emphasized that this primarily concerns the Baltic countries and Poland.
According to Billström, Sweden is ready to send part of its mechanized battalion to Latvia, as well as strengthen the defense of the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
The other day, NATO military committee chairman Rob Bauer said that the North Atlantic Alliance countries ready Against a possible conflict with Russia. According to him, starting from 2019, NATO countries began to return to the concept of collective security, change the defense strategy, plan and reform the forces that will carry out the missions.
Earlier, the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, told NATO wants to open Second front against Russia in Transcaucasia.
Previously Macron accepted We are conducting a ground operation against Russia.