Sweden 'not at war, but there is not peace either' says Prime Minister

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks at the Folk och Forsvar defence forum in the central town of Salen on threats to his country from Russia and Iran. "We and our neighbouring countries are subjected to hybrid attacks that are not carried out with missiles and soldiers but with computers, money, disinformation and threats of sabotage," he says.

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00:00Sweden is not at war, but peace is not an option either.

00:07Real peace requires freedom and that there are no serious conflicts between countries.

00:13But we and our neighbors are exposed to hybrid attacks that are not carried out with missiles and soldiers,

00:20but with computers, money, disinformation and threats of sabotage.

00:26The security situation and the fact that strange things happen time and time again in the Baltic Sea

00:31also leads us to the fact that hostile intentions cannot be excluded.

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