Cold snaps down to minus 20 degrees - and no electricity or heating. The elderly in wartime Kyiv are trying to stay warm with the help of plastic bottles of hot water. We will have a hard time surviving, says 91-year-old Lidija Telesjuk.
WorldSoon, 3.5 percent of GDP will go to the military defense, according to a new agreement between the government and SD. Now, 300 billion extra is promised to the Defense Forces over the next ten years. This is the real buildup, says Oscar Jonsson, war scholar at the Defense University.
Swedish politicsThe USA is expected to initiate peace negotiations about Ukraine as early as next week – but European leaders are not invited. It is hard to shake off the feeling that the Trump administration wants to try to make a deal with Russia, and then let Europe take the blame for not solving the problem, says war researcher Oscar Jonsson.
ConflictsThe defense budget is to increase significantly up to 2030 to meet the threat from Russia. But in just a few years, more money may be required, for additional investments.
SwedenUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has floated ideas about a ceasefire where occupied parts of Ukraine are not returned directly. The absolute most important thing for Ukraine is how to prevent a new war in one to three years, says Oscar Jonsson at the Defence University.
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