A mock invasion of Sweden and Norway has been carried out by 33,000 Russian troops, a US security think tank has claimed.Tens of thousands of soldiers rehearsed a military takeover of Swedish and Norwegian territory near the Baltic Sea in March, security expert Edward Lucas said in a report for the US-based Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
The exercise also simulated the invasion of other areas including the Danish island of Bornholm, Finland's Swedish-speaking Ä‚Â…land islands, and northern Norway, according to the report, The Coming Storm.
'The scenario included the speedy seizure of northern Norway, the Ä‚Â…land islands, the Swedish island of Gotland and the Danish island of Bornholm,' the report states.