Thursday's speech in the Riksdag was the latest in a series of speeches by the President of Ukraine before parliaments around the world. At the US Congress, Volodymyr Zelensky drew parallels to the attack on Pearl Harbor when he appealed for support, and in the Israeli Knesset he spoke about the Holocaust. This time he mentioned possible Russian threats against Gotland.
Inga Näslund is a Russia expert at the Social Democratic Palme Center.
She sees a historically unique method of putting domestic pressure on leaders to send support to a war-torn country.
Hear Inga Näslund answer three questions about the speeches in the video.