establishing an old order changing pace, president of the global powered china is part of a whole system which believes his time has come. he relies on an authoritarian system of total surveillance on economic expansion without scruples and again and again, he provokes and threatens with the military aggression the chinese president believes his way is far superior than that of western democracy. china's president, she ging ping starts july 30th on d w. now that russia has invaded ukraine. fears are growing. there could be war on swedish soil around the country is preparing just in case both the military and civilians

are bracing themselves. the government is encouraging people to become prepares, trained in survival tactics and ready for any kind of crisis for ya to make sure the hose are spaced evenly for better airflow. prepping, as if a crisis occurs. it's better to be prepared and together it them increases the safety and the and decreases fear. ah share home in a suburb of stockholm. ah, this is where robin lives with his partner mika, ale on their daughter, you know, and their son lou, that robin and mikayla our preference. meaning they try to be as prepared as possible for any type of emergency. mm hm.

and what happens if there's a black out and a whole apartment, his stock? what do we do to see about the animal cells? i'd like one candle and then another. but then how do we cook log book? they can, we can use this 7 here. i think it gets really hot. dra robin and mikayla quizzed their kids regularly. he's a 43 year old truck driver and she's at 37 year old kindergarten teacher. they also ensure their prep or kit is up to date. it's estimated that 20 percent of sweden's population makes these types of preparations every swain is supposed to be able to take care of themselves for a few days without having to go to the shop or the store for any reason. so we have

decided to store some food and supplies elsewhere than in the normal cupboard cupboard in the kitchen, in time of crisis. i can, you know, be sure that we are safe or at least you know, a little bit more comfortable. and we don't need to drain resources from, you know, the larger site and community growth. they'll be taking care of other people like thick and elderly people are going to need more help. this brochure came out a couple of years ago. it says the if the crisis or the war is coming, every household got this. and basically it shows some scenarios harris about, you know, the sweetest defense system. and there's also the sir checklist for food water heating that, that'll change. so now they want you to have more. so you can sustain yourself for

a longer period of time. robin and mika, ala, want to be prepared for the worst and make sure their children are 2 once or twice a month. the family sets out to the forest, even when temperatures are below freezing, like on this day in early april. but robins, greatest fear isn't. russian boots on swedish soil. it's something more intangible than that. what it is facing is we made our society really vulnerable. the goal is to be the 1st society without any cache, which is kind of a weird thing because that makes it really susceptible to any kind of fiber, shut down electricity,

shut down the power grid. if nuclear weapons go off, it doesn't mean it doesn't really matter. how much? we're pretty much anyway. so at the beginning, mika, ala thought, her partners hobby was peculiar. but she's since been convinced of its importance for practicing outdoor survival skills is also meant to teach 12 year old, you know, and 5 year old lou vac, about perseverance and working together. like when building a simple shelter i think for you until this line sat down and it's nice and talking and the wind would blow over the roof and not under it. from your whole yes, i'll hold and you'll pull tight. see that we think that i you know, yeah, hear that yet. did inactive though we all talk about climate change has and global

warming and war right now and taking it a bit further. maybe just not talking about the problem or more like talking about the solution or how to handle it instead of just accepting that there of someone else who to take care of it. mm hm. when you know, turned for her father gifted her a sharp knife, they practice with it. often her survival training has already come in handy. when she and her friends got lost in the forest a few years back, you know, instructed the children to use their bodies to spell the letters s o s in a clearing the search party quickly located them. when i mean death, i cut the wood into small pieces that makes it easier to start a fire. if you don't have an axe, you can take a piece of wood and hammer it on your knife that will split it to that. ah,

you know also knows how to use a magnesium flint to start a fire without gas or lighter fluid. again, i got a looked at him bleeding you know, takes her injury and stride. robin believes that these weakens in the woods, have made his daughter tougher. after their meal, the training ends for the day and the family returns home. while sweden has taken part in peacekeeping missions, the country hasn't formerly gone to war for over 200 years. for a long time, the country pursued a foreign policy of neutrality, and then one of military non alignment. but the situation is changing rapidly. ever since russia illegally annexed the crimea and peninsula and 2014, there's been mounting concerned over a russian invasion in sweden. stock on

a very special lesson is being taught at this school here today on a tele force from the swedish civil contingencies agency. m s. b is visiting guitar . the risk manager is often invited to schools to teach youth about how to behave during a crisis with the store. the demand for this curriculum has increased significantly since late february. the swedish island of got land lies in close proximity to the russian enclave of colleen and garad. for years, russian drones and surveillance aircraft had been circling over the island, violating swedish airspace. oh, except on earth they could try to occupy got lunch. that would give them better access to capture the baltic states who bought. so the, the little thing, some old thing chemical. do you think about that a lot sad every day with dog and do you worry about russian invasion, lisa law and other threats like climate change. thank you so much thought of. how do you weigh one against the airbag in it? hm. holy cow. when i'm on a tele force uses

a quiz to introduce the students to various disaster situations. how can they protect themselves and others in the case of war? what about a fire flooding or blackouts? one scenario in particular dominates the group session, the perceived threat by russia the harpoon expulsion, sweden has been struggling with foreign espionage. for years he simply slunk like from russia. for instance. dorothy, thank y'all, in our mom brought them in organ, some come sensitive information needs to be treated with care mouth, especially when sharing it with someone in the political sphere among almost some there. even if you think you know the person you need to be cautious with from home . so most mon altima electric, the really for me and inland is under an even greater threat. it's much closer to russia. i have relatives in finland. we all worry about them. my mother, especially war is much more likely to break out there that the mama that and the

komatt case 11 a few kilometers away in the suburb of scarp neck robin has joined a group of papers, social education, work repair, plesco came up with the concept naming, he wants to show sports clubs and neighborhood communities that it's better to face emergencies as a united front. or if we happen to end up in a crisis, and we already have a strong community and with a sense of corporation. and then that makes us much safer than we know that, okay, well this is where we start it's, it's already as safe space. but if we are only individuals and we fear each other, because that's what we have, we have heard or we've read or seen on,

on the tv shows like everybody is the other person's enemy. and then it might be afraid of my neighbors. instead of working together with my neighbors, some of the course participants know very little about prepping, they've only ever banded together before to fight rent hikes in the neighbourhood, to plunder today, they're learning that cans aren't only useful for storing food, but also for cooking it with that really not a good with oil in the didn't report it. this is my 1st time and i'm not very good with those. so i don't know

with so and on the island. yeah. darwin and tish been are both kurdish, some people as teenagers, they fled from the so called islamic state terrorist group in iraq. with all a pair plush got invited them to share their experience of what it was like to fight for survival during war time. y'all, i'm in compass you for the throne. when you say would like be one of the most important things. there is a fight, there is war. you had bullets flying, the new you stress, then you can think properly, then you do something dumb and you get kill. it's because not because it was difficult. like physically you could, you could survive. but then because you are stressed, you make bad decisions. any bad leg, but decisions your chances of survival becomes fluid. so how did you handle stress? now if i if a similar situation would happen,

it's like i'm mentally prepared because for example, i train a lot, you know, i do call showers and i do training the gym and this is all stress, you know, then you get used to so it's very important you prepare your, your, your body that i like if you have a good condition, it helps a lot of the people here are curious to learn more at least interesting how you, how you, key for in a crisis and let you say we're talking about, for example, the internet and you cannot trust, maybe everything, all the information that you get and how to, how to navigate that information that it's very important to have sources and ask a lot of people i think to get to have this information and knowledge is because to be prepaid and is to think about these things because good up and like we said were worse than me.

oh, the swedish civil contingencies agency, m s. b is responsible for helping the population and prepare for conflict and crises on tele, force, managers, communications. today. she's meeting martin a youtube or blogger, and proper together they plan to create an educational video on stock homes. bunkers ah, under kim beck and emily norion collins stole or from the property management. they lead a tour through an underground parking garage that doubles as a bunker. in case of an emergency, these massive steel doors can be shut at a moment's notice. that coma griffith the hurry, us, the vegan,

michael murray in. you can access the bunker through here. the only these days take you directly to the main train station will appear on the railings, are color coded, mcafee at the will, each will take you to a different floor of the bunker. the among the come to you simply have to follow the color you've been assigned. luca one is promised him falls museum. i was skinnier. i've given you this vast bunker is one of 2000 that stockholm has been constructing since the 1930s. many more were built during the cold war, amidst fears of nuclear, fall out the harem. fastest job in fella who would you say this? bunker is operational. you have to have to know hoops from your smooth air to toss it. certainly a foot 3 of it's operational and ready for use. so we have an air filtration system here that we service on a regular basis of old people. everything's in good condition romilly. we also have further investment planned for the near future. haven't about i can't disclose any

details on that. one of the 1st, well this type of shelter is for a 1000 people, so you have to make it really decent time before things really happen. but when or if you need it clear, then it should be done in 48 hours. it can be here for were water supplies for 3 days and we have electrical supplies for i think it's 30 days and air for as long as we meet. so, and it's in good shape as a proper and youtube are marching, is filming the bunker for his community, especially if you go into the internet and tech facebook. people are afraid to see that from the, the questions they answer, the focus of shelters medicine. you take against radiation, we need to meet them with, with this reassuring message that hey, take up

a charity. now. as i said, take a step back plan if this really coming or if it's something that just scared throughout the cold war, every swede had the right to a spot in a bunker. in stock home alone, there are thousands of private shelters in residential basements. it's unknown how many of them are ready for use? the shelter and my teens. apartment building and northern stock home is on his website. the 50 year old. it's specialist highlights durable radios and long lasting power banks. he also post videos of himself testing out heat lamps to see if they can keep him warm and sub 0 temperatures. and he manages discussions with his nearly 1000 followers on who is behind all these crises. it can be quite stressful, thought, not feeling well. if you, if you think about it too much,

because tenure, you, you have, you could become one of those crazy preparation. i don't trust anyone at all when you're entering, prepping and you start the interest. you can go down a dark path by reading too much as well. and then you can go into conspiracy, fear, conspiracy theories and stuff like that. which yes, we should always compare information from all sides. recently his grandmother passed away. he uses her old apartment to store his gear and non perishable foods. in the past years, martine has invested several 1000 euros in prepping, having the stuff, and having a buffer of money, and having a buffer of food actually gives me time to adjust to a new situation. where if i didn't have all these stuff, i would be that panicking and then i would feel fear. i think

in case of a blackout. martin, make sure to always have enough water in supply. i don't generally oh. his son maximilian helps his father prep. this bag is made out of metalized p e t foil, which is considered to be especially durable and tear resistant album dental plan to no e femmes it later in order to preserve food for longer for the donor marching, bought a to hydrate or as it relates to any of the lemons already. it's cassie christina,

up, hipaa. oh, okay. i didn't hear a crispy scrambled eggs. well try them. horn now they're crunchy on until they taste salty. i'm gonna miss more k, but they still taste like eggs and put them in water and they're back to as they were and ships why i'm doing this. this is a good way of preserving ordinary food to last a very long time. and i preparing for a crisis that will last for longer than the year. i don't know. but for lemon. yeah, we might see a shortage of lemon. depends on the situation because sweet and it's not the best company for growing them. oh, martin mostly worries about supply shortages and the effects of russian energy embargo. meanwhile, some 50 kilometers north, east of stockholm,

members from sweden's home guard are rehearsing for a military emergency. no on. and you want gloves? no, we'll warm up as soon as we get started. alright, full out, let's go. the mood here is laid back. all here are volunteers. the home guard is a unit within the swedish armed forces, with the core mission of protecting swedish territory and providing support in times of crisis. today, 70 men are training with the carl gustaf, a swedish anti tank weapon, and live ammunition crow. gustavo, are also being used in ukraine's fight against russia. no one here seems to have any hesitation about handling heavy artillery. when i didn't miss, i'm in the service. i was younger. it was, i think it was like that a ruble,

but every guy did it. and everybody did it, so i also did it and i learned a part of myself doing it kinda growed up during my national service. and from then i just keep working in construction, but i always look back of it. so now here again, i have no problem with the doing though, what i have to do if it comes to real like it's been in ukraine, what they ukrainians are doing for their country. and i will do the same for my country. and why? because sir, i enjoy all the freedoms and i really think that you have to stand up for them. and if i only enjoy the freedoms, but don't stand up for them that they are not worth much.

the volunteers take part in exercises several times a year. this state compensates each day of last earnings with 80 percent of their net income. in return, the home guard members commit to serve in the event of war. some 20000 are standing by, in addition to nearly 30000 conscripts professional soldiers and officers. officer johan, meeting b, teaches civilians how to use anti tank weaponry. ever since russia attacked ukraine, some 25000 volunteers have signed up for the home guard. that was more than the home guard had in members. at that point. we are prepared, we will do everything that we can to protect our democratic candidate for more weapons means that it will be more risk of some mistakes. piece is of course, the most well the best thing weapon is not

bringing piece weapon have a purpose. and of course if you can, the purpose of the weapon the, to be put this situation and no one dares to do that will always be found. what would more than that them? so decrease the weapon? it's, of course a better solution in the long term. but currently in sweden all signed point towards more weapons. by 2028, the government wants to increase its defense spending to 2 percent of the nation's gdp. robin also trains with the home guard. but he doesn't want to be filmed holding a weapon in the . instead, we marlow him to another course offered by tab tuscan. the topic today is 1st day,

useful knowledge. not only in times of war. push to says he witnessed a deadly altercation just days ago and scarp neck right before the social workers eyes. a teenager was gone down with 3 shots to the head. i tried to do what i count until the police and ambulance arrived in this person. he was already been. so after that we had this works up because we were thinking that you're living in a really hard word to apply should like to hold it firmly until paramedics arrived . or until you find a bandage, whether gang violence looming more, the cobra, 1900 pandemic or natural disaster pair push to tries to meet any crisis with establishing a sense of community politicians they might talk about. we need to do this on a big while. i work here on the local level and by doing that and setting an

example, other people can do that as well and inspire me and vice versa. it's the same when it's a war, it's really abstract. a huge part climate catastrophe can start growing our food. we need plants more trees because they will be more flooding because of the time we're inspiring each others. it can have a bigger effect. back to the stock home city center, martin and maximilian are scoping out possible escape routes in the event of war. march and believe the capital would descend into chaos as residence attempted to flee. stockholm spans 14 islands that are connected by more than 50 bridges. but only 8 of these bridges lead out of the city center. father and son are looking for the best route to head south, where they could stay with relatives in an emergency. so we're just absorbing

or smaller bridges instead of this really big bridge. because if something happens, i mean bridges are always targets for military actions. and we also see that people can't drive in a normal situation. so if there's a crisis, they most certainly won't be able to drive. good, good way would be like picking the both out, but look, many people have access to votes because everyone lives in a small and crowded places. whatever comes marching is ready. he's long thought of russia as a threat, whether through cyber attacks, its influence on election campaigns or contracted killings. the best way for his country to prep, he says, is simple. by joining nato. the goal is to make swedish people on

shore and you know, turn against each other, not trust the governments. so we lower our morale and become ma'am, is the target. i mean a 30 so security kind of an insurance group. so that's a huge strength for freedom because we are in a severe situation being squashed between may 2 countries and we have russia so close. my mission with prepping is just to make sure that my family can live a normal life. whatever happens, well, where they only thing war, you can either have a normal life. but, but you can have resources that make you. so you can actually drink, have the water, you can still eat and you're not you're not starving. and it looks like martin's wish will come true. sweden is now in the process of

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