Russian planes carry a "severe nuclear warning" in the skies of Sweden!
Yesterday, a news report said that two Russian military planes equipped with nuclear weapons flew in Swedish airspace for a very short time.
A Swedish source said that the overflight of Russian military aircraft was a "deliberate act of intimidation", according to the British "Sky News" network, quoting the Swedish "4News" network.
The Swedish network stated that two Su-24 attack planes, escorted by two other Su-27 aircraft, took off from the Kaliningrad Air Base, overlooking the Baltic Sea, towards Swedish airspace on March 2, i.e. in the midst of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
The source said that the two attack planes were equipped with nuclear weapons, "in a move that the Russian pilots sought to demonstrate."
All of the Russian planes headed to the airspace of the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea, and the process of penetrating Swedish airspace took only one minute, according to the news report.
Immediately after detecting the approach of the Russian planes, the Swedish Air Force sent warplanes that were able to take pictures of the Russian fighters, confirming that two of them were equipped with nuclear weapons.
The Swedish military declined to comment officially on whether the two attack planes were equipped with nuclear weapons, but emphasized that the airspace violation was deliberate.
"We consider this to be an approved procedure, which is very dangerous, especially for a country at war," said Swedish Air Force Commander Karl Edstrom.
Because of the war in Ukraine, Swedish forces increased their alert status.
Sweden is a neutral country, and is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, but it has expressed its desire to do so, which was expressed by Prime Minister Magdalena Anderson, who said that she does not rule out reviewing the neutral position of military alliances from joining NATO.
On the other hand, Russia warned Sweden against taking this step, citing "serious military consequences."
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