An official report prepared by the Swedish government and political parties stated that “Sweden’s membership in NATO will raise the threshold for the emergence of military conflicts and thus have a deterrent effect in Northern Europe.”

“We saw that we would not be subjected to a conventional military attack in response to a possible NATO candidacy,” Swedish Foreign Minister Anne Linde told a press conference, but acknowledged that the government had not ruled out “an armed attack on Sweden.” .”

The report considered that “it is impossible to rule out provocation by Russia and retaliatory measures against Sweden during the transition period,” referring to “cyber attacks and other hybrid attacks.”

After Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Mari and President Sauli Niinistö said they supported joining NATO “without delay”, the Foreign Minister indicated that Finland’s position would affect Sweden and “should be studied” and Russia would consider it ” negative.” For my membership in Stockholm and Helsinki.

Moscow has repeatedly warned both Stockholm and Helsinki about the consequences of joining the alliance. And yesterday, Thursday, the Kremlin responded to Marin and Niinisto’s statement by saying that it would have to take military-technical measures if Finland joined the alliance.