A Swedish parliament defence committee report said a Russian military attack against Sweden cannot be ruled out, Swedish public service broadcaster SVT said on Sunday, citing sources.
Sweden has been scrambling to bolster its defences and applied to join NATO last year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Sweden was invited to applyThe parliamentary report, due to be published on Monday, said that although Russian ground forces were tied up in Ukraine other types of military attacks against Sweden could not be ruled out, SVT said citing sources who worked on the report.
"Russia has also further lowered its threshold for the use of military force and exhibits a high political and military risk appetite. Russia's ability to carry out operations with air forces, naval forces, long-range weapons or nuclear weapons against Sweden remains intact," SVT said, citing the report.
Like most Western states Sweden scaled down its defence following the end of the Cold War but has ramped up defence spending and is due to meet
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