{"id":1398676,"date":"2026-06-30T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T16:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1398676"},"modified":"2026-06-30T16:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:49:39","slug":"russian-threat-will-persist-beyond-putin-s-rule-swedish-military-intelligence-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-threat-will-persist-beyond-putin-s-rule-swedish-military-intelligence-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Threat Will Persist Beyond Putin&#8217;s Rule \u2014 Swedish Military Intelligence Chief"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Russia will likely remain a long-term security threat to its neighbors even after Vladimir Putin leaves office, according to the head of Sweden&#8217;s Military Intelligence and Security Service, Thomas Nilsson,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n   <p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-30\/russian-threat-likely-to-endure-after-putin-sweden-says?srnd=homepage-europe\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-06-30\/russian-threat-likely-to-endure-after-putin-sweden-says?srnd=homepage-europe\">Bloomberg<\/a>, Nilsson said Sweden views the current confrontation with Russia as a long-term strategic challenge rather than a temporary crisis.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We do not see this crisis as temporary. Russia has chosen its path, and there is no way back. We are in a strategic confrontation that is deep, structural, and long-lasting. We cannot expect it to disappear on its own,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>Nilsson added that, in Sweden&#8217;s assessment, the threat posed by Russia will outlast Putin&#8217;s rule.<\/p>\n   <p>His remarks follow the publication of satellite images by Nordic public broadcasters showing that Russia is expanding its military presence near NATO&#8217;s eastern flank. Moscow has insisted that the infrastructure buildup is defensive in nature.<\/p>\n   <p>According to Nilsson, Russia intends to establish larger, more structured military forces stretching from northern Finland southward. However, he noted that these plans remain largely on paper for now, as Moscow continues to prioritize its war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Our assessment is that once Russia restores the necessary resources and capabilities, it will seek to implement these plans,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia will likely remain a long-term security threat to its neighbors even &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1226751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36418,13,49,36415],"tags":[78,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1398676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-11473-news-en-2","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Russian Threat Will Persist Beyond Putin&#039;s Rule \u2014 Swedish Military Intelligence Chief - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-threat-will-persist-beyond-putin-s-rule-swedish-military-intelligence-chief\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russian Threat Will Persist Beyond Putin&#039;s Rule \u2014 Swedish Military Intelligence Chief - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russia will likely remain a long-term security threat to its neighbors even ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-threat-will-persist-beyond-putin-s-rule-swedish-military-intelligence-chief\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-30T16:04:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1067-820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-threat-will-persist-beyond-putin-s-rule-swedish-military-intelligence-chief\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-threat-will-persist-beyond-putin-s-rule-swedish-military-intelligence-chief\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\u0410\u043d\u0442\u043e\u043d \u0428\u0440\u0430\u043c\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/ec05b64cb7957f2edee871ad21ea2da9\"},\"headline\":\"Russian Threat Will Persist Beyond Putin&#8217;s Rule \u2014 Swedish Military Intelligence Chief\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-30T16:04:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-threat-will-persist-beyond-putin-s-rule-swedish-military-intelligence-chief\/\"},\"wordCount\":219,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-threat-will-persist-beyond-putin-s-rule-swedish-military-intelligence-chief\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1067.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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