Swedish Military Chief Warns Russia Is Adapting Its Tactics in Ukraine
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Swedish Military Chief Warns Russia Is Adapting Its Tactics in Ukraine

The Swedish Defense Ministry is concerned about how well the Russian army has adapted to warfare in Ukraine, Ewa Skoog Haslum, head of the Swedish Armed Forces’ Operations Command, tells Ekot in an interview on Saturday.

Perhaps that is what worries us - that we have previously known Russia very well. We know exactly how its command and control systems work, she says, and continues:

If Russia is now becoming a little more adaptable and can change its combat tactics and warfare during an ongoing operation, then that is something we need to be able to respond to.

When asked which Russian capability is most difficult for Sweden to handle, Ewa Skoog Haslum says that developments are taking place across all domains.

They have become better at long-range combat and are testing their systems. Then there is always the threat of nuclear weapons, which they also express verbally. That is a source of concern in itself.

But the Russian army has also become weaker, the chief of defence believes.

They have lost a lot of personnel, and above all a lot of really well-trained personnel. So in that way, they have become much weaker, she says in the radio interview.

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