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Sweden should contribute tanks to Ukraine, write Peter Hultqvist (S) and Morgan Johansson (S), chairman and vice chairman of the Riksdag’s defense committee, on SvD Debatt.
They state that the Kremlin underestimated the Ukrainian defense issue but also emphasize the importance of not underestimating “Russian persistence and the openness of the Russian leadership to pay a very high price for the war.”
Since Russia, according to the article’s authors, is an erratic authoritarian state with imperialist ambitions, Swedish defense decisions in relation to its neighbor to the east should be guided by how the country de facto acts.
In addition to shipments of Swedish tanks to Kiev, Hultqvist and Johansson also want, among other things, to see that the investment in total defense capabilities becomes long-term and that a strong Swedish military threshold is built through the EU and NATO and together with other countries in relation to Russia.