Such a decision the General Staff of the country took into account recent events in Ukraine and Georgia. In particular, the military is asked to increase the number of soldiers from 50 to 120 thousand people, and gradually increase the cost of the army - from 6.5 billion dollars to 14 billion dollars. Swedish generals do not exclude the option of invasion of the country.

Recently, also, the influence of Russian special services in Scandinavia has increased.

The Swedish leadership fears the possibility of the FSB interfering in the electoral process in Northern Europe.

Russia also plans to increase its military capabilities after 2020, to which Stockholm should be prepared to respond with dignity, according to the official address of the military.

As reported in "URA-Inform", the government of Sweden supports the Ukrainian country in matters of plans to involve the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Donbass.