March 2nd, The day no one talked about

Sebastian Revenaz (G7)

Current Events

Published Issue 6 2021-2022

By now we probably all know what’s happening in Ukraine. It’s all over the news, but there is one part no one seems to have paid attention to. On March 2nd, 2 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 bombers and 2 Sukhoi SU-27 fighter planes took off from Kaliningrad, violating EU airspace by flying into Sweden.

What makes this more terrifying is that the 2 bombers were armed with nuclear weapons. In response, Sweden launched 2 JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets to intercept them. The Russian aircraft stayed in Swedish airspace for over a minute before turning back.

This incident occurred one day after Russia threatened to take military action if Sweden or Finland joined NATO, which doesn’t seem like a coincidence. On April 3rd, both Sweden and Finland had begun to take significant steps towards joining NATO- regardless of the threats issued by Russia.

Had either side decided to fire on each other, or engage in combat, we could be facing nuclear fallout as far as Canada.