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 holes are spaced evenly for better airflow, m prepping, as if a crisis occurs. it's better to be prepared and together it them increases the safety and the and decreases fear her. 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 are preparation, 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 is dark? what do we do to see the animals though? i'd like one candle and then another. but then how do we cook office? can log book they can we can use this stuff in here. i think it gets really hot. dra robin and mickey ala quiz, their kids regularly. he's a 43 year old truck driver and she's a 37 year old kindergarten teacher. they also ensure their prep or kit is up to date, and it's estimated that 20 percent of sweden's population makes these types of preparations . every suite 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 a crisis. i can, you know, be sure that we're 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 because 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, sweetest defense system. and there is also these checklists 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 mickey ala want to be

prepared for the worst and make sure their children are to 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 cash, which is kind of a weird thing because that makes it really said the bill to any kind of cyber attack, 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. but anyway, at the beginning, mika ala thought, her partners hobby was peculiar. but she 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 vag, about perseverance and working together again like when building a simple shelter. oh yeah, thank you. hold the line further down and it's nice to talk and the wind will blow over the roof and not under it from your home. oh, how did you pull tight see that, listen to that. you not now clear that yes to dinner, nathan. we all talk about climate change and global warming and

war right now picking you 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 is someone else who to take care it me, me when you know, turned for her father gifted her a sharp knife. they practice with it often for 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. i mean, we have the, 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 hammered on your knife that will split it to that i you

know, also knows how to use a magnesium flint to start a fire without gas or lighter fluid. i looked at him bleeding, you know, takes her injury and stride. robin believes that these weekends in the woods 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 crimean peninsula in 2014, there's been mountain concerned over a russian invasion in sweden. stock home. a very special lesson is being taught at this school here to day. on a tele force,

from the swedish civil contingencies agency, m. s. b is visiting oklahoma, the risk manager is often invited to schools to teach youth about how to behave during a crisis or 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, 4 years russian drones and surveillance aircraft had been circling over the island, violating swedish airspace. oh, except them if they could try to occupy got lunch. hope that will give them better access to capture the baltic states who both of these little thing, some all thing chemical. do you think that that a lot sad, every day with dog, do you worry about russian invasion, least of all of that. other threats, like climate change focus on instead of how do you weigh one against the airbag in it, him holy cow. back from an eye on a tele, fourish 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. on the horn, phoenix spill, osha, sweden has been struggling with foreign espionage for years. he simply slot, like from russia, for instance. dorothy, thank young. not mom brought them in logan 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 them from home. so most men, altima valley chic, the valley from me at inland is under an even greater threat. it's much closer to russia. i have relatives in finland. we all wary about them. my mother especially war is much more likely to break out there that the mama that and from the command . okay. excellent. excellent. mm.

mm. a few kilometers away in the suburb of scarp neck. robin has joined a group of peppers, social education, work repair, plesco came up with the concept. i mean, he wants to show sports clubs and neighborhood communities that it's better to face emergencies as a united front. i. 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've, what we've 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 window. but today they're learning that cans aren't only useful for storing food, but also for cooking it with that they like that a get with this is my 1st time and i'm not very good with those. so i don't know with so 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 than you are you stress, then you can think properly, then you do something done when you get killed. 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 cold showers and i do training the gym. this is all stress, you know, then you get used to stress. 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 thing that people here are curious to learn more interesting how you, how you keep your foreign crisis and that you were talking about for example, the internet and you and you cannot trust, maybe everything, all the information that you get and how to, how to navigate in that information that it's very important to have some good sources and ask a lot of people. i think the good 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 to prepare for conflict and crises . on a tele fourish manages communications. today she's meeting martin a youtube blogger, improper. together they plan to create an educational video on stock homes bunkers on dash kin back. and emily norion collin stole are 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. coma griffith the highest, the vag michael mer in, you can access the bunker through here. the only these days take you directly to

the main train station will and vs on the railings are color coded and my coffee will each will take you to a different floor of the bunker. them on the computer. you simply have to follow the color you've been assigned or have one the strongest him falls museum. i was gonna, i've given you this vast bunker is one of 2000 that stockholm has been constructing since the 19 thirty's many more were built during the cold war. amidst fears of nuclear fallout, the higher the front office gab, insular, would you say this bunker is operational groups from your 2 tulsa, for 3 of those it's opperation and ready for use. we have an ethical trace system here that we service on a regular basis. everything's in good condition. we also have further investment plan for the near future. but i can't disclose any details on that because for

this type of shelter is for a 1000 people, so you have to make it pretty decent time before things really happen. but when or if you need it clear, then you should be done in 4 days hours. it can be here for water supply 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 marching is filming the bunker for his community. especially if you go into the internet and check 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 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 to just scared throughout the cold war, every suite 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 in northern stock on is on his website the 50 year old. it's specialist highlights durable radios and long lasting power banks. he also posts 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, just not, not feeling well. if you, if you think about it too much, because then you, 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, martin 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 the stuff, i would be that panicking and then i would feel fear. i think

in case of a black out martin, make sure to always have enough water in supply. i don't channels with them. 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 el dablin. okay. so to know he firms it later in order to preserve food for longer if it's only marching, bought a de hydrate or as it relates to any of the lemons already. it's cassie through silicon of hipaa. oh oh oh

yeah. and here a crispy scrambled eggs. well, try them hawk. now they're crunchy. hm. yeah. and they taste salty. m ms. morgan, but they still taste like eggs and put them in water and they're back to as they were and ships. i am doing this, this is a good way of preserving an ordinary food to last a very long time. am 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 sweden is not the best country for growing them. martin mostly worries about supply shortages and the effects of a russian energy embargo. meanwhile, some 50 kilometers north, east of stockholm, members from sweden's home guard are rehearsing for

a military emergency. you know on about you won't gloves? no, we'll warm up as soon as we get started. i big. all right, full out. let's go. the mood here is laid back. all here are volunteers. pounds for 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. to day 70 men are training with the carl gustav, a swedish anti tank weapon, and live ammunition. carl goose stops, are also being used in ukraine's fight against russia. no one here seems to have any hesitation about handling heavy artillery. when it moved met some of the service, i was the younger and it was, i think was like that a ruble, but every guy did it and her everybody did it. so i also did it,

and i learned a part of myself doing it as a kind of grown up during my national service. and from then i just kept working in construction, but i always look back a bit. 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 the ukrainians are doing for their country. and i will do the same for my country and why? because 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, they are not worth much. the volunteers take part in exercises several times

a year. the 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 maiden 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 pads, we will do everything that we can to protect our democrat. a temporary more weapons means that it will be more risk of some mistakes. that piece is, of course, the most well, the best thing, weapon,

this spring piece, what they have a purpose. and of course, if you can, the purpose of the weapon, the us to be put this situation and no one there to, to, there will always be someone would more than not them so decreased the weapon is of course, a better solution in the long term. but currently in sweden, all signs point towards more weapons. by 2028, the government wants to increase its defense spending to 2 percent of the nation's gdp. rob and also trains with the home guard. but he doesn't want to be filmed holding a weapon in the instead we model 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 deck right before the social workers eyes. a teenager was gone down with 3 shots to the head and tried to do what i tell until the police and ambulance arrived in this person. he was already ban. so after that we had this works up because we were thinking that you're living in a really hard word. applied pressure like this, hold it suddenly until paramedics arrived, or until you find a bandage. weather gang violence blooming more. the cove at 19 pandemic or natural disaster, purplish could tries to meet any crisis with establishing a sense of community politicians they might talk about. we need to do this on a big when 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 by thursday,

it's the same when it's a war, it's really abstract and huge for climate catastrophe. we can start growing our food. we need plant more trees because they will be more flooding because of the time we're in firing each other's. 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 believes the capital would descend into chaos as residents attempted to flee. stock home 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 observing

smaller bridges instead of this really big bridge, because if something happens, i mean bridges are always targets for military action. and we also see that people can't drive in a normal situation. so there's the crisis. they most certainly won't be able to drive good good way to be like picking the both out, but not many people have access to vote because everyone lives in a small crowd and 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 government. so we lower our morale and become easy targets. i mean, nathan security 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, to make sure that my family can live a normal life. whatever happens, well, with a only thing war, you can never 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 so happy. you're not starving. and it looks like martin's wish will come true. sweden is now in the process of becoming a nato member. lou

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