The possibility of a global conflict that is free on European soil has led the EU has clearly bet on Increase defense spending and achieve autonomy in that matter. In this sense, the European Commission also presented its preparation strategy against great crises and threats, which can range from a nuclear accident to a war, through attacks on critical infrastructure or pandemics. The objective is that the EU is prepared to support the Member States in these cases.
The measures that can be taken at the institutional level are important, but they would not serve without the awareness of the population. Therefore, Brussels also presented a basic survival kit that all EU households should have prepared for a possible crisis and that they have to contain water reserves, medications, batteries and food to subsist 72 hours without external help.
However, this is just a small part of the manual in which the European Commission already works for prepare your citizens and that for years have already distributed countries such as Sweden, Finland, Poland, Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, aware of their geographical proximity with Russia.
Nordic countries have been with different guides that show the population in the face of various crises or conflicts. In the case of Sweden, He shared it with its inhabitants for the first time in 30 years in 2018and just a few days ago he has updated the situation.
Receive the name of OM Kriget Kommer (If the war comes) And a few months ago new warning alarm methods were added to the population or advice on how to protect themselves on the Internet and against misinformation in the so -called “psychological defense”, aspects to take into account in the outbreak of any conflict at the present time.
It also highlights a section in which advice on “are offered”How to talk to your children about crisis and wars“Thus, the country recommends” explaining the situation to children “,” avoid unnecessary details and talk to them only about contrasted information “or” be honest with them when we don’t have all the answers. ”
It also explains how to act in case of a Air attack And the safest places in which we can place ourselves: of course, the shelters specifically built for it, but also the subway, underground garages or in “rooms without windows”. Nor are first aid indications in the manual. For example, how to stop a hemorrhage or how to act in case of fainting.
In case of evacuation, the Swedish manual indicates that “the instructions would be announced through the official channels and the public station Sveriges Radio”. Thus, he recommends to the population “make a list of essential belongings“That he must carry with him if he is forced to leave his home.
Among them, “food and water for several days”; “Identity Document”; “Debit card or credit and cash”; “medications”; “Radio fed by batteries”; “Water and resistant coat clothing“;” cleaning and hygiene articles “;” mobile and charger “;” maps and compasses “; e” important information written on paper, for example, telephone numbers. ”
Baltic countries, on alert since 2014
By closeness (geographically limited with Russia and Belarus), Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania are the countries that are most attentive to any movement of Vladimir Putin. In fact, the former Soviet republics intensified their recommendations to the population after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014.
Lithuania was the first to talk openly about the invasion of a hostile country in an updated brochure in 2016 and now has advice on emergency situations in which it refers to food supplies, medicines and other essential items that must be available in case of emergency or war. The same procedure follow Estonia and Latvia, who have also updated their guides in recent months.
In this context, the three Baltic countries They already signed an agreement to create a defense line this year joint for reinforcing the border they share with Russia and Belarus.
“Maximum alert” in Poland
After the Kremlin threatened in November with attackNform of the activation of “all forces and resources” availableincluding “combat fighters, air defense systems, land and radar recognition”, which have passed to the “maximum alert state”.
In any case, Poland has been preparing its population for war for months. Already in December 2022, when 10 months had elapsed from the conflict in Ukraine, the Polish army planned to summon about 200,000 civilians so that in 2023 they receive instruction in their barracks.
Likewise, in March 2024 the Polish government launched a plan to protect the civilian population in case of war, with the Construction of hundreds of underground sheltersthe reconditioning of the existing ones and the military training of the citizenship.
In addition, a future announced Civil Protection Law that will enhance the preparation of security forces in a war context and that, in coordination with the Army, will provide military training courses and survival to civilians who wish.
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