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Three nuclear power plants have been targeted by the drones, as well as several airports and even the royal palace and parliament. Police and the coastguard are now investigating the sea and the islands around Stockholm in search of the drones, which are reported to be so large that they almost have to be used by a military device.
The Swedish security agency, SAPO, has called on the public to immediately pass on reports of the drones. That was after drones were spotted over the nuclear power plants at Forsmark, Ringhals and Oskarhamm. The SAPO declined to comment further on who is behind the drones, but by all accounts they are equipped with large wings and most likely military. A deployed police helicopter chased one that flew at an altitude of 1000 meters.
In the past, Russian submarines have regularly surfaced in Swedish waters. They may now be equipped with drones. Tension is rising in Sweden as a result of the crisis between Ukraine and Russia. Sweden has sent extra troops to the island of Gotland, which is strategically located in the middle of the Baltic Sea and from where every movement of the Russian navy can be controlled.
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A brand-new Russian submarine cruises through the Bosphorus on its way to the Mediterranean and beyond.
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The Russians recently sailed three amphibious ships into the Baltic Sea via the Sound. Moscow has also warned Swedes not to join NATO, something Stockholm is increasingly leaning towards given rising tensions.
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