Sweden and Finland urge residents to prepare for the possibility of war

Sweden has begun sending around five million pamphlets to residents, urging them to prepare for the possibility of war.

The same neighboring country, Finland, has launched a website with similar appeals, reports the AFP news agency.

Both Sweden and Finland abandoned their decades of neutrality and joined the NATO military alliance after Russia launched a war in Ukraine in February 2022.

Since the start of the war, Stockholm has repeatedly called on Swedes to prepare both mentally and logistically for the possibility of war, citing the serious security situation nearby.

The guide "If we face crisis or war", launched by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, contains information on how residents should prepare for emergencies such as war, natural disasters and cyber attacks.

The guide is an updated version of the pamphlet that Sweden has issued five times since World War II.

The preliminary version, launched in 2018, was the first to be sent to the Swedes since 1961, during the Cold War.

"The security situation is serious and we need to strengthen the stability to face crises or even a war", said Mikael Frisell from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.

The guide also mentions how food and water should be provided and stored.

The agency said the updated 2024 guidance focuses on preparing for war.

In the next two weeks, 5.2 million homes in Sweden are expected to accept the guide.

The guide is prepared in Swedish and several other languages.

On Monday, the government in Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometer border with Russia, launched a website with information to prepare residents for various crises.

The war in Ukraine started on February 24, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the war a "special military operation" to demilitarize Ukraine.

The West has responded to Russia, hitting the economy of this country with harsh sanctions.

As a result of the war, thousands of people have died and millions more have been displaced from their homes./REL

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