For Finns and Swedes, preparedness is natural as they live next to a neighbor that poses a real threat to their security: Russia under Vladimir Putin. If war truly breaks out, Europeans will need more than a kit that fits in a purse to survive.

An estimated 450,000,000 people from 27 nations are being urged to make a survival kit which can last for three days in case of war or natural disaster. The European Union’s crisis management commissioner Hadja Lahbib said: ‘Today’s threats facing Europe are more complex than ever,

Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine the EU is taking the utmost precautions in the event that the war spreads to the rest of the continent. This has been a fear among many European leaders since Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in 2022.