It’s been described as a bombshell moment. The upper echelons of Sweden’s government and defence forces last week shocked the nation by explicitly warning that war might come to Sweden, and that each and every Swede should prepare themselves. While some have taken the warning seriously and flocked to the stores to stock up on fuel and survival kits, others have accused the country’s leaders of fear-mongering
Well there is single battles aka fighting, and there is the war as an armed conflict as a whole.
A succesful siege, while brutal to the besieged, falls under the quote, as the enemy is subdued without a fight