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 by AFP Staff Writers Stockholm (AFP) Sept 2, 2022
American B-52 bombers flew low over Stockholm's parliament and palace on Friday as Sweden ramps up exercises with the United States in view of the Scandinavian country's NATO membership. The two US Air Force planes were escorted by JAS Gripen fighters as they overflew the capital around 12:15 pm (1015 GMT), Sweden's military said. While the US bombers have taken part in exercises in Sweden before, it was the first time they have flown over the capital, a military spokeswoman, Therese Fagerstedt, told AFP. "It's the kind of exercise that is even more meaningful now," she said. Sweden and Finland applied to join the Atlantic alliance in May following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The US and other Western powers have since intensified military exercises and shows of military might across the region. A large US navy assault ship, the USS Kearsarge, moored in June in central Stockholm before taking part in naval exercises off the coast.
Russia kicks off large-scale military drills in Far East Moscow (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 Russia on Thursday launched large-scale military exercises involving several Kremlin-friendly countries, including China, with tensions soaring between Moscow and Western capitals. The exercises, called Vostok-2022, are scheduled to take place until September 7 across several training grounds in Russia's Far East and in the waters off its eastern coast. The drills come as Russia is locked in a stand-off with Western nations over what Moscow calls its military operation in pro-Western Ukraine. ... read more
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