‘The risk is Russia becomes desperate’: the Swedish Baltic Sea island preparing for invasion
Civilian resilience initiatives and young military conscripts are being readied should Putin hope to test Nato’s resolveOnly four months ago, Ella Adman had just finished school and had never before held a gun. Now, standing in the shade in between drills at a military base on Gotland, the strategically important Swedish Baltic island where she grew up, the 19-year-old conscript is carrying a powerful assault rifle. In a matter of days, she is due to carry out her first official…
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