Swedish Foreign Minister: NATO must get ready for a Russian attack | DW News
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- Опубліковано 8 чер 2024
- Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billström has warned that Russia may attack NATO states if it wins the war in Ukraine. Sweden recently became NATO’s 32nd member state, prompted to join like its neighbour Finland in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Sweden could play a crucial role in a possible conflict between Russia and NATO, given its strategic position on the Baltic Sea and its significant naval assets. And the Swedish island of Gotland, which lies between Sweden and the Baltic States, is seen as key to a defence of the Baltics if Vladimir Putin should mount an attack.
Billström spoke to DW’s Richard Walker in Berlin, discussing what NATO needs to do to get ready in the Baltic region, the importance of supporting Ukraine, whether Sweden is doing enough to support Kyiv, and whether he remains hopeful despite the current pessimism over the course of the war.
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Not preparing is madness. It's always better to be prepared and not have to act than the opposite.
And preparing makes it less likely that Russia will try it in the first place
Yes 10% of GDP on Military spending and immediate 5 year conscription now!
Swedish Foreign Secretary Billstrom enunciates a policy beyond passive readiness. He also (sadly) foresees a protracted struggle.
Instigating ww3 is worse.
@@PeterSodhithat is basically what Russia is doing.
Fortunately NATO countries are rich and don’t need such desperate measures.
Prudent move by Sweden. We all remember Putin saying he wasn't going to invade Ukraine.
Not confirmed before Kremlin denies it.
Always 180⁰.
When will he said that? Isnt he said there is a consequence for Ukraine?
Si poutine ne veut pas s'arrêter les forces occidentales le s'opèrent rapidement restons solidaires la coalition fera le necessaire😂😂
Besides that Putin sent letters to Nato stating that war will come..But hey..Keep spreading msm desinformation..
Remember The US said to Russia no NATO expansion ?
Welcome to the team Sweden!
Team of freeloaders 🤡, without the US, Nafo is nothing
you will be all gone by the end of his 5th term.
Thanks, glad to be with you all.
Sweden has a very intelligent and capable foreign Minister. Well said sir. You’re a credit to your country.
He went to Cambridge, he's one of few educated Swedish politicians.
I find it so funny that the reporter is trying to rephrase the same question over and over as to get the Swedish foreign minister to say something that makes a good headline
Yes it's what a journalist should do. They need to question@@sexybakedpota642
Fear mongerer he his. Russian military capability has been severely diminished by Ukraine, and already before feb-22 European NATO countries alone had more men at arms, more aircraft and more military vessels than Russia. Putin has no means to 'test' NATO.
He is not Carl Bildt but he is a really sharp and good foreign minister who represents us well and our values. Keep this up and I do think we will think of him as one of the best politicians of this last decade.
A Pole here. Poland passed the test of solidarity when the war in Ukraine started so... my dear neighbors you can count on us. We will never abandon you in the darkest hour. We have in our blood the memory of how our allies abandoned us in the second world war and being Polish means to be different than this.
Slava Poland! You are a true friend, and a precious ally 🙏👍
Tell your farmers to stop helping Russia
@@blackterminal😂...libs always worry about food...I've got a bug farm for sale if you algae prices wanna farm
stop Importing Russia farm products!!!! stop blocking the border with Ukraine...
it should be noted here that Poland is earning Billions of dollars providing shipping base to Ukraine, many new jobs have been created and yet, your farmers allow themselves to be manipulated by Russia lies. Ukrainian drivers have died while waiting to take supplies into the war torn nation.
I am in the process of developing a web site to boycott Polish products as long as your people block Ukriane!!! STOP your farmers from being Russian agents
Poland's support for Ukraine in every possible way puts most of Europe to shame, especially France....reminds me of WW2. Poland was occupied but still had Polish brigades based in England fighting for the allies.....you can swim from France to England, yet there were very few French that made the effort to join the war.....Massive respect for Poland
Very impressive interview with Sweden’s Foreign Minister. Good to hear, thank you for that.
Western politicians speak well, but do nothing. Helping Ukraine is much more simpler, cheaper.
Germany ought to divest all its assets and enterprises to the United States and China in support of Ukraine. The European Union should similarly divest all assets to China for the benefit of Ukraine. It is imperative to compel the youth to actively participate in defending Ukraine, while relocating the operational center of leadership to the United States. The military should remain in the EU but solely for the purpose of deploying personnel to Ukraine. This strategic plan represents the sole viable solution for the next five years.
@@biswanathmukherjee4622 Transfer
all assets to China to help Ukraine???
@@biswanathmukherjee4622 Botski reported, may you soon be drafted.
Well said. I thought the same!
canadian here...welcome to sweeden. a great addition to nato and a big thank you to all the great countries in the alliance.. i completely agree with this man in the interview. wow he seems like a smart man. and yes, we have to stop putin. THE LINE HAS BEEN DRAWN.....ps...i know that many countries suffer more and are more "directly" at risk than canada, but only together we are strong. take care my friends..lol
In a manner of speaking, both Sweden and Canada have Russia across the water. Just that the Arctic Ocean is a *little* bit larger (and colder) than the Baltic Sea.
So? You enlisting then?
'Sweeden' lol
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Canada is sinking and still all this warmongering rhetoric. Perhaps your Canada is resigned to nuclear war. We Americans are not.
Absolutely excellent, this man talks complete sense in this interview....well done Sweden
Which may be a first for Billström. even a broken clock is rigth twice a day.
Edit: actually the only reasonable thing he said was it was important to support ukraine. otherwise he just avoided the question of why sweden isn'rt doing more. the true answer which is because then they can't lower the taxes for the rich as much.
Sweden is such a valuable add-on to NATO. Thanks and welcome to the club.
LMAO yes Sweden was so integral during WW2
@@jnyfumare That is near ancient history
@@jnyfumare This isn't WW2 , unlike Russia, the rest of the world has moved forward
Exactly what way a valuable asset?
Let me understand, Russia is making ground in Ukraine, some say there winning, the last thing they will do is attack NATO.
Does anyone else think false flag?
As an American I am happy to have Sweden and Finland as allies in NATO. I've been to Sweden and it's a great place with a bunch of smart tough people. I was impressed with the Swedish military people I met. And Finland has been prepping for problems with Russia for a long time. They understand the threat. I welcome them both.
Let's hope you're still in NATO in a few years
Putin states, he wanted to join NATO in the Clinton period, why he and russia was not welcome like swedish guys??
@@ebckersthe only way we'd quit NATO would be under trump. And I don't think he's going to get elected again. Most Americans understand how important our allies are.
how is the weather in Langley, Virginia?@@comfortablynumb9342
@@ebckersa law was passed this year that prevents the president from being able to leave NATO. It would require congress to vote on it, which won’t happen
The baltic countries. We're with you and won't abandon you! /From a Swede
😂
The Baltic states, we were with you and won't abandon you! /From Russia with love 😅
No wonder Suede is my favourite band
@@themiddlelayer😂.meatloaf rocks
@@egorterekhin5188go away orc
In the UK we dream of having politicians who speak intelligently and coherently,make sense and have a moral dimension.
Bravo Sweden.Have you got a sister ;-)
So you didn't notice that man did not answer any questions. He is a slippery politician and only repeating his own message. Personally I don't want politicians like that. It's not transparent.
@@nextinstitute7824 OK, so you'd prefer a politician that specified all the preparations that Sweden was making, for the benefit of the Russian. Personally I don't want politicians exercising "transparency" of tactical matters.
@@maxhugen No
@@maxhugen The interviewer asked a clear question about the strategic relevance of Gotland, which is not a military secret but could help viewers to understand the situation. He just ignored the journalist to repeat his own message over and over again. There was no value whatsoever in what he said. Waste of time.
hahahahahahah." have you got a sister!!!!"
Thank you for this interview. Here in Poland we do appreciate the stance and actions undertaken by Sweden and we do welcome balanced and and highly professional approach to this entire situation as demonstrated in here by the Sweden's Foreign Minister. Just like Sweden in Poland we do believe that all actions should be taken after thorough analysis of all options first, with usage of joint and coordinated efforts from all NATO members. Once more, thank you very much to both the interviewer and his guest and to the entire DW team for this interview. Highly appreciated.
Sweden has such an impressive military industrial complex for the size of their economy and demographic.
Sweden joined...not to protect anyone, but to be protected. They're hoping Big Daddy America will save them if something goes south...but Big daddy is in serious trouble himself, with a depleted military, outdated weapons and 100 lb, little Suzie who enlisted because they told her she was equal to a man. Big Daddy America can no longer help anyone, not even himself.
Dems is sooo got this...dems can plant fields n prosper.
A good chunk is owned by the British now (BAE Systems), which is just fine. Britain is a friendly and allied country, and has access to a bigger market.
Demographic you mean the Turks Syrian Somalis Iranians etc
@@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
Google it if you don’t know what demographic means 😅
I still can't get over how every European politician speaks better English than every US president for the last 30 years... god damn it Edit: I did forget about Obama, who is a great speaker, but Bush, Trump, Biden are pretty embarrassing for us
Joke obiden speaks modern English....with a few stutters, bumps and trumps....he's da man to represent dems intelligence
then you obviously haven't heard Stoltenberg
Well, that’s where the language came from, for the most part, so they have some lead time on us. No, we’ll never catch up, except amongst the intelligentsia.
Hello, that is inaccurate- Obama is eloquent
Well, English is a European language :)
When Putin declares that Russia won’t invade then you know it’s inevitable.
Because Trump adores Putin, and I can't figure out why. Was there something in the dossier? I think now Putin is just his kind of guy.
Just because Putin is European doesn't mean he wants to invade your country.
exactly.. putin met macron week before attacking ukraine saying everything is ok. also he attacked georgia during the olympic games.. that guy is a total sociopath
He already did that several times
The difference now, as opposed to 2022, is that Russia has been exposed as a weak state run by a despot. Russia can't take Ukraine, the chances of it attacking a NATO state successfully are near zero!
Swedish cold war total defense doctrine slowly coming back
Yes that's right, we've all received war placement letters.
The key word is "slowly". I hate to project weakness in a time when we need to project strength, but as a Swede I am painfully aware just how inadequate our civil defence is. It's nice that Sweden is constantly now talked about as bringing a "strong defence" to the NATO table because that just isn't true, it's a desire for NATO to find something positive to latch onto. The strengths we bring, apart from our subs which are about the only real military asset truly worth as much as they say it is that we bring, are territorial. That's the biggest advantage to NATO of our membership. Civil defence in Sweden, despite all the fancy words, is still borderline nonexistent. Since they started sending out "Om krisen eller kriget kommer" more than entire WW2 has passed in time and very little if anything has actually expanded since then, and if it has it's from some of the infrastructure (like bomb shelters or the Muskö base) still being intact. Most people I know threw the pamphlet away when they got it, or at the very least have never read it. People are painfully unprepared, especially most Stockholmers and other "big city-folk".
I really don't know where all this talk of our "strong military" came from. How weak must it be in many countries if our defence is considered strong?!
And not a second too late.
@@TheLastCrusader22Sweden does have a decent air force with its grippens, but yes most of the advantage of Sweden in NATO is your geographic location for NATO bases
@@TheLastCrusader22 Keyword *is* slowly. It took decades to build up, decades to build down, and will take decades to build up again. That applies to basically everyone. Sweden got the framework for total defence ready, and started to turn earlier than e.g. Germany (around 2017 vs Germany's 2022). Still, it will take 3-6 years until Sweden is back up on defensive posture. Germany will take until about 2035, but of course improving annually until then.
I agree with the final conclusion, Russia must be stopped.
we can learn from history peace in our time Navel Chamberlin
Lets see now, how many countries has Russia invaded the last 20 years versus USA?..
How many countries are Russia currently occupying versus USA ?
Who are we supposed to fear, really?
@@tomkarlsson3809 Whatabout, whatabout, what-a-bout-bout-bout!
@@paulgibbon5991 standard war monger response to deflect guilt.
But, careful, deterrence and escalation are not the same thing, where is the limit between the two?
happy to be joining forces with such a smart man... makes me proud to be part of the free world, and compels me to do my best to preserve it.
The free world that prospers on loots from Asia and Africa. The free world that brought war to Iraq, Vietnam, Libya, Africa etc. The free world that gives us WWI and WWII and with this ego they will for sure give us WWIII
@@damik1497 Sure seems like Russia is the warmonger now. China's eyeballing Taiwan. Didn't Japan provoke the US in WWII? The US has certainly committed its fair share of atrocities, and provocations. We're here now. I hope we progress to a more peaceful and equitable world.
@@damik1497 We all have our faults, but still, I prefer to live where people are not jailed or killed for their beliefs.
@@damik1497 Your solution? Let Russia invade and take any country it wants? Let communist China invade and take democratic Taiwan?
They definitely knows their notorious neighbor better than those other members further to the west. Just hope that these 2 new members will have strong positive influence.
American here. When I read up on Russian history I can't help but ask myself "I wonder if the rest of Eastern Europe is getting tired of that..." With the inclusion of Finland and Sweden I had my answer.
well the two countries you mention there are western countries.
@@kristofferhellstrom Blame Russia. Nothing new. But he is American so standards are kind of low. 🤷♀
btw wanna tell as about Sweden - Finland history, boyya? 😆
Hello friend, I want to join Ukraine foreign legion force but I don't know how to do it. Can you guide me a little please?
Sweden is Northern Europe not Eastern.
@jimjam6510 My fellow American, you obviously didn't read deeply enough. In the scope of history it is the Europeans who have invaded Russian lands repeatedly. The Poles and Lithuanians, the Swedes with Charles XII (they are still made about his defeat at Poltava), much of Europe under Napoleon (Poles again, troops from what is now Germany and Italy), the British and French in the Crimean war, the British and US after the Bolshevik revolution, and of course you know who from 1941-1945 helped by the Romanians, Bulgarians etc.
Thank you Sweden! Much respect from US!
Thank you so much for everything
Thank you for helping Ukraine
Very happy to have Sweden on board in NATO...... :)
deterrence is cheaper then war
talkign about detterence without doing anything is even cheaper, hence Billström.
That pin on his suit. Thank you for supporting Ukraine!
Good interview! Also great to have Sweden in NATO! You already do a lot for Ukraine. ***PEACE through strength.*** -Richard in the US.
Educate yourself, don't be brainwashed robots, and repeat what you read in mass media.
Nato needs the knowledge of both Finland and Sweden of russia. We are stronger together. European solidarity.
They haven't listen to Poland, so maybe more western nations will get some traction....
Welcome Sweden to the alliance.
NATO the paper giant
@@nandotorres4461nandotorres the paper russian troll. Tell your boss he knows where to find us. But funny enough he’s too scared to come visit 😂
@@user-mh7ng4vn9l Russia has been fighting for 2 years, NATO countries just bla, bla, bla
😂nato.
Dems unicorns run out of "energy "
@@nandotorres4461 NATO be destroying Russian military without fighting and losing a single soldier thats a jackpot.
I wonder if this Swede would like to move to Australia. I think he would be the PM we need here.
Please take him. Mind you ha's never done anything except poltiics in his entire life. He's a party career guy.
Sweden has fought not less than 32 wars against Russia. We know them very well and we know all their weaknesses.
And lost 😂😂
@@nasralaabukar8022Sweden is free, so you're wrong.
@@nasralaabukar8022
Sweden won the majority of the wars against Russia. But do not forget that our own Rurik (Viking) from Roslagen created the entire Russian nation.
also Russia lost to farmboys in Finland that fought alone without no ones help.. Russia sent more than 2.000.000 humans to die by stalin to die in Finnish soil.. atleas we got some fertilizer for our lands
@@__Aurora__ I knew the Russians were Scandinavian and not Slavic
Well spoken man!
the mindset is what is important.
If more European top-politicians would commit to
"Ukraine needs to win it's territorial sovereignty back"
"The EU has to brace itself"
underlined by a dual-flag needle
- things would already look MUCH different.
MUCH better.
No it wouldn't. NATO soldiers are already in Ukraine taking loses. Russia is winning, NATO is done. If President Trump will exit the US from NATO I will vote for him.
Trump is a national security risk to the US.
NATO is in Canada:
"SAIT selected as test centre for NATO's defence innovation network | Calgary Herald"
NATO is strong and viable.
@@MrLougarou1000there is no NATO soldiers In Ukraine. Russia is losing to a small country. Trump is going to prison, hopefully you too
@@MrLougarou1000 Russians trolls can't vote in US elections.
@@MrLougarou1000 No, NATO has so far no combat units in Ukraine, only non-combat units such as e.g. instructors for training Ukrainian soldiers. However, many from Western countries have joined as volunteer soldiers, just as Russia has volunteers from China, India, Syria and other countries.
Don’t forget Georgia; they currently suffer from Russian orcs
And Moldova and Chechnya
Stop NATO expansion
but Georgia has a Russian friendly government at the moment.
Yeah, MTG is a Putin lover. Oh, wait, different Georgia. 😂
@@putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236chechnya is fighting With Russia......BTW why do you want ww3 ? I don't get it .
Gotta love us northern people... we talk very frankly, very straight and very matter of factly.
I still remember how our President Sauli Niinistö just said about the Ukrainian conflict that "we're not Afraid of Russia, but we're fully awake." and "You caused this... look at the mirror." :D
Russia and Sweden have been at war with each other 34 times in history.
Sweden won 10 times.
Russia won 6 times.
Another result, 18 times.
That's what I found in a quick survey. It might be wrong or incomplete.
The great Northern war basically ended Sweden's naval superiority in the north.
You omitted that fact didn't you ?
@@sidharthcs2110Svensksund was a disaster for Russian fleet in the baltic 1790, not sweden.
@@sidharthcs2110 you russian apologist needs to try harder. We didn't lose finland in the northern war either. This happened in the napoleon war but you don't care about facts.
very well said foreign minister of Sweden!!!
Very powerful statement at the end.
Sweden's accession to NATO (and Finland's, too) are immensely beneficial to both of those countries as well as to NATO. If a war with Russia comes, having them in NATO will make it much tougher for Russia to prevail. Tobias Billström's commentary in this video further underscores Sweden's value to the alliance.
Tobias Billström is a very well spoken man with a very smart and realistic approach to the situation, well explained without varnishing it.
The Swedish FM is correct!
Well said FM Tobias Billstrom! You have my -- and millions of other NATO country citizens'' -- vote of confidence. Thank you for your forceful and clear statesmanship -- and calming influence in this extremely difficult situation . . .
I must say, as an Aussie living in Sweden, that was a very impressive interview on behalf of Mr Billström.
Because he only dodged half the quesitons this time? usually he dodges all of them.
Aussie living in Northern Poland here, growing up in the 80s and 90s in Melbourne I'd never imagine I'd live to see the state of affairs in Europe today
Impressive interview. Clear cut replies.
Are you kidding me he dodged questions like ha always does.
Germany here... can we please have this guy replace our spineless chancelor?
It's not him but Finlandizierung.
Spineless chancellor is ensuring that you do not face the horrors of war. Scholtz might be weak but at least he is keeping most Germans away from harm.
Welcome back to Latvia, Sweden.
Thank you brother! We're with you and have your back!
Wellcome to barking dogs club
@@bodyguardik Latvia have 31 allies. What do you have? North Korea, Syria and Iran? 🤔😆
@@bodyguardik Like saying: "we have atom bombs".
If Putin opens this door, he will be sorry.
Russia is not interested in occupying decadent western europe. Russia has more than enough natural resources. why would they want to take 'woke' countries that are already collapsing under immigration. i think not
If the door opens we won't have time to see if he will be sorry or not kid
@@garmy441 another shallow thinker who imagines that WW3 ends when the nukes are fired.
@@Cecil-yc6mc no it ends with the Chinese taking over... keyboard warrior
We'll all be sorry
Watching from 🇿🇦. My heart goes out for the Families of the dead in this War.
Your government supports Russia
@@craighughes2191Your enemies are not our enemies. South Africa is non-aligned, we have friendly relations with Russia & Ukraine. Just like when America invaded Iraq,with the support of Nato and Europe looking for non existent nuclear weapons we remained non-aligned and called for the US of multilateral system to be used to solve global challenges.
That should be the main point. But the west do not care about human lives.
@ngobese265 non-aligned is that what you call sitting on the fence these days. I call it the South African government siding with russia because they are getting cheap oil/gas and weapons and how knows what other deals. The time for being "non-aligned" is over. Pick a side because it's gotten real.
Unfortunately, if this was not happening, we would all cry even more deaths. Certain actors in the world do not want to pass to the 21st century's values where all countries have rights to decide for themselves, no matter - big or small, strong or weak. They are fighting for the past ideologies, such as colonialism, racism, sexism etc. And if we don't protect what we achieved, we will end loosing it and taken over by cruel and unfair regimes. South Africa had known horrible times and could be interested to do the right alliances...
At least lots of Germans know of the "unknown" swedish island of Gotland.
ssssshhhhhsssschhh, dont say its name loud! Russia might understand its strategic value!
The known unknowns...
Billström gave a good interview.
No he didn't he failed to answer important quesitons and just waffled about helping in other countries.
good on you Swedish Foreign Minister....bravo.
This dude is amazing! Sweden is so educated! For strong NATO! LOVE FROM LATVIA!
Excellent interview. Respect to the Swedes…
Was it? All he did was dodge quesitons.
We do things differently nowadays!
This was the best part of the interview, he seems to be a great leader!
Finally, some realism.
I think many of us swedes are pleasantly surprised by mr Billströms work. Even them of us who votes on parties with other ideological stands, can feel respect for this reasonable, well spoken, foreign minister.
Never liked Thomas Billström as a politician but he really suprised me in this interview in a very positive way.
The French statements about troops are just strategic ambiguity, I wish more countries were willing to ride that line.
We do need to show force and determination against Russia's aggression; but remember that NATO is a defense alliance. I agree with you, it is frustrating to watch.
@@user-mk9lt8kz3f just talking about messaging, that's all. It's important because it shifts Russia's calculations if they're not sure what their adverdaries will do. If the French actually deployed troops to Ukraine it wouldn't be a NATO action.
@@user-mk9lt8kz3fNATO is a defensive alliance 😂🤣🤦🏾♂️
@@IanDoesMagic France already does that, French nuclear doctrine is to strike the adversary once with a nuclear strike as a "warning" and then get serious with followup strikes/global annihilation. So when French government talks about putting French lives on the line in a conflict, you know there's a force of hand coming up and its the last effort to keep the outcome non-nuclear.
Frogs hope....😂...the hope is what's funny
Excellent interview
If only the Netherlands had ministers with this amount of vision and clarity.
Very well spoken and articulated.
I'm so glad that we have this government when all this is happening.
Good interview!
I like this guy, love from Scotland 🇬🇧
These are the sentiments we need to hear from my ( US ) government. I need to hear my president actually say that the US will make sure that Ukraine WINS this war.
🤣🤡
But the President's hands are tied, by the Republicans - who are remote controlled by Trump.
@@JK-dv3qe indeed, he is a clown of the highest order
Assuming that Denmark contributes more to NATO than Sweden is a gross misunderstanding. In terms of military capabilities, Denmark is by any standard of measure in the bottom of the scale. Sweden on the other hand, is doing far better. Any focus or discussion based on the mentioned 2,4 % is out of toch with reality.
they talked about % of GDP in weapons to ukraine
Denmark has provided the most, Finland was fastest, Norway has the largest long-term financial commitments (and they should do more, having got windfall income from the war). Sweden still got time to shine.
@@jaxvoice718Kind of unfair compare country to country when it comes to this. Sweden have almost exclusively delivered modern military equipment that they'll somehow need to replace. CV90's, Archer, CB90, Strv 122 etc. Big difference from donating Leo 1's or outdated artillery etc.
The West needs to band together, but also communicate to Russia that we do not want a war with them and that war with the West is not in Russia’s best interest.
It is the meddling warmongering allies of Ukraine USA/UK/EU that are fighting this war and they have blood on their hands of Ukraine soldiers, civilians and Russian soldiers. It's entirely the allies that are the cause of this war
I think NATO need a clear objective in the war. A clear specific goal to fight for. Not this "as long as it takes" nonsense. That's just my two cents.
As long as it takes = big amount of money, time and life’s for indefinite time….
@@alexandrelobo8524as long as its needed till russia realizes that imperialist ambitions are not good for it....
They dnt want to America want to n now they talk to impress
The goal should be to keep Russia from getting anything. Not to give up in advance. Why have a small goal?
Sweden has a LONG history of confronting Russia. That perspective deserves consideration along with a fresh look at Finland's perspective.
Tensions are only getting higher. Here’s hoping no Habsburg visit Sarajevo anytime soon.
Only history buffs will know what you're talking about.
Glad to have you with us! 🇨🇦 🇸🇪
Troops in Ukraine is something we should not write off. It is called strategic ambiguity. If Putin crosses the Dnieper river what will happen? Do we move in? Maybe. Putin doesn't know and so must be cautious.
Remember, Strength & Boldness resist aggression. Weakness & Timidity invite aggression.
said the weakest boy in the schoolyard (NATO)
Well said. No more packages, the supply tap needs opening and then to be left open until the war is over, and we need to innovate relentlessly, because that's what Russia is doing.
Brilliantly said, so reassuring and exactly what is needed but with an urgency in delivering!
❤️🇸🇪
Great video!
I was surprised hearing Billström speaking English. I’ve only heard him speaking Swedish with the Skåne accent from the very south of Sweden. For English speakers, if standard Swedish, Riks-svenska, is the Brittish Recieved Pronunciation then the Skåne accent is Scottish accent.
Tobias spoke excellent English, for a second language, both in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary. Sometimes, I smiled because I could hear just a touch of the melody that you find in his Swedish Skåne accent.
If only the uk has politicians that present themselfs in a professional and trustworthy manner
As a Swede it is a given for us that Russia is our only realistic threat. It has been like this for 200 years+. The other Scandininavian countries are just like us and we know that if say Finland or Estonia get trampled on we can be so to at Moscows whim. We can not let any big neighbour pick us off one by one.
Speaker is very rare and smart person, not doing weird movements with his hands
Yes it was a nice relief - a total absence of the constant nonsense hand-movements all the media trained politicians use these days.
Thank you
Hear hear Mr Billstrom. We here in Canada want peace too but we also understand that to have it, one has to prepare for war. It's an unfortunate truth about human behavior. I'm glad to have Sweden as an ally. Slava Ukraini!
Go Sweden!...
Well spoken, as a Dane, I’m proud of my neighbors in Sweden, well formulated and without giving anything away, Russia has internet and social media as well… I’m tired of hearing politicians giving our secrets away online. Go Sweden ! Cleverly done!
The Swedish Foreign Minister is very impressive.
More power to the sovereign nation of Sweden 🇸🇪. More power to NATO. The strength 💪 of NATO member nations has never been the same with the addition of Nordic nations of Finland 🇫🇮 and Sweden 🇸🇪.
ask the dead about war fatigue.
What a great Foreign Minister 🤩
Clear message to Europe and Russia. “We don’t do this anymore!”
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
NATO just got another bunch of Vikings. Warrior blood.
i wish you guys posted in 4k love this channel
Bravo, Sweden! Very well stated. As an American born Swede, kudos.
So happy that finally we allowed Sweden to the NATO, welcome Sweden!
Sweden 🇸🇪 is smart peace through strength!!
Well said, Billström. The situation right now is serious and no NATO country should be slacking through this.
On behalf of my country, welcome to NATO. Sweden is a trustworthy ally 🇩🇰🤝🇸🇪
The sooner we will understand this, the better off we will be. Like it or not!
Gotland is vikingland!
Gotland is US vassal state land (now)
Our generation is so screwed, (1990-2024) so utterly screwed.
I think it's safe to say, the world in 10 years isn't going to look the same.
Because you let these 70 years old dinosaurs to decide for you. Get to the streets and take over the parliaments.
There will always be people like Putin around, no matter the generation. But even so we can, and almost certainly will, gradually get better.
@@jaxvoice718putin protect Russian interest
He is not working for the America
More or less since the age of steam, there have been no decades that were static. Politics, technology, economics, medicine, etc.
Result of weak men society ?😮
10:10 Exactly, well said.
Great interview with a very smart guy. Thanks to Sweden and Finland the Baltic is now a NATO lake.
Two nuclear powers can't go to war. One side will eventually face defeat, and will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons in order to avoid it.
Russia thought they would run through Ukraine in three days, and that didn't happen. There is no way they could handle NATO in a war.
Russia is always thumping its chest like gorillas.
They can't win but they can damage. Take it seriously.
The problem is Russia has nuclear weapons
That is just Western media spin. Russia never said that. What Russia did say is that they will not stop until all their objectives have been met.
They couldn't do to NATO countries what they have tried to do to Ukraine, but they could do serious harm.