What is the attitude of the Swedish people towards sending soldiers to Ukraine to fight for the freedom of Europe?
11.06.2025 05:47
But since Putin started his “special military operation”, our government has sent military, humanitarian and financial aid totalling SEK 71.3 billion (as of Jan 2025), given asylum to 50,000 Ukrainian refugees, joined NATO and sent a batallion troops with all the necessary kit to Latvia. Swedish troops arrive to boost NATO presence in Latvia
But sending boots on the ground to fight in Ukraine itself is another matter. That would be a declaration of war against the Russian Federation. Hopefully it won’t come to that. NATO is primarily a defensive organization. We’ll have to see how it pans out.
What is the attitude of the Swedish people towards sending soldiers to Ukraine to fight for the freedom of Europe?
And according to the opinion polls, there was a dramatic (and historic) increase between 2021 and 2022 in the number of Swedes who thought it was a “good idea” to join NATO…. Nato: största opinionsförändringen någonsin …which is presumably why we decided to join. Showing solidarity with the Finns was also a crucial factor.
In other words, the vast majority of us think what Putin is doing in Ukraine is a fcuking disgrace, though like everywhere else in the “Western” world, there are a few dissenting voices with a variety of persuasions, some of whom troll around under assumed names on Swedish Quora.
I’m not privy to the attitude of every person in Sweden because there are 10.5 million of us.