STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's security services said on Wednesday they feared possible Russian military operations against their country following a big increase in espionage activity since the Ukraine crisis erupted a year ago.
In their annual report, the security services identified Russian espionage as the biggest intelligence threat facing neutral Sweden.
The Nordic region has seen a sharp increase in Russian naval and airforce activity during the Ukraine crisis.
"We see Russian intelligence operations in Sweden - we can't interpret this in any other way - as preparation for military operations against Sweden," security police chief analyst Wilhelm Unge told a news conference called to present the report.
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