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Säpo: Russian Threat to Sweden Remains Unchanged

From Svenska Dagbladet · () Swedish

Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Sweden’s Security Service, Säpo, says its assessment of the Russian threat to Sweden remains unchanged.
  • Säpo spokesperson Jonathan Svensson said Russia has become more risk-taking and aggressive, including beyond the war zone in Ukraine.
  • Sweden is monitoring developments closely and cooperating with security services in other countries, especially its Nordic neighbors.

Sweden’s Security Service says the Russian threat to the country remains unchanged, despite growing warnings from intelligence agencies in several NATO countries about intensified hybrid warfare against the West.

Säpo spokesperson Jonathan Svensson said the agency had not received a corresponding report of incidents in Sweden. “We have no corresponding information from our side,” he told TT, while adding that he could not discuss the details of the agency’s intelligence work.

We have no corresponding information from our side.

· Jonathan SvenssonThe Säpo spokesperson said Sweden had not reported incidents comparable to those cited by other countries.

Svensson said the incident in Germany had not altered Säpo’s assessment of Russia’s threat to Sweden. “Our assessment of the threat Russia poses to Sweden has not changed because of the incident in Germany,” he said.

Our assessment of the threat Russia poses to Sweden has not changed because of the incident in Germany.

· Jonathan SvenssonHe explained that the Leipzig incident had not altered Säpo’s evaluation of the threat.

He added that Säpo had for years warned that Russia had become more willing to take risks and more aggressive, including outside the conflict zone in Ukraine. Säpo is following Europe’s security situation closely and maintains close cooperation with security services in other countries, particularly its Nordic counterparts.

The comments came after Germany blamed Russia for an attempted drone attack on Leipzig Airport in August. Denmark’s security service has also warned that Russia is trying to orchestrate sabotage and destabilize the country, while its counterintelligence chief said Russian operatives had attempted to recruit Danish citizens for assignments on Moscow’s behalf.

Russia has become more willing to take risks and more aggressive, including outside the conflict zone in Ukraine.

· Jonathan SvenssonSvensson repeated Säpo’s long-standing assessment of Russia’s behavior.
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Originally published by Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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