German Defense Minister: There is a possibility of Russia attacking NATO
The German Defense Minister announced on Saturday the possibility of Russia attacking one of the member countries of the US-led NATO alliance in the next five years. |
According to Fars International News Agency, the German Defense Minister warned on Saturday that Russia may attack NATO in the next five years.
According to the website of the news network “ASky News” The German defense minister has said that Russia may attack a NATO member in the next few years.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said: “Military experts expect this attack in a period of five to eight years. We hear threats from the Kremlin almost every day, so we have to keep in mind that Russian President Vladimir Putin may one day attack a NATO country.”
Pistorius added: “We are facing a military threat situation in Europe that has not existed in the last 30 years. We see it through Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Almost every day we hear threats from the Kremlin. These threats are recently against our friends in the Baltics.”
German newspaper Bild also reported Germany, citing what it read in classified documents. is preparing for a scenario in which Russia launches an open attack on NATO in the summer of 2025 after winning major victories against Ukraine; This report comes at a time when Moscow has repeatedly denied any plan to attack the Western NATO military alliance led by the United States.
Confidential Ministry report The German defense, which Bild claims to have seen, has presented a month-by-month plan of the path leading to this conflict between the West and Russia. This scenario begins with Russia mobilizing new forces in February 2024 and calling in 200,000 more troops.
According to this scenario, Moscow then launches a spring offensive. initiates a military offensive against Ukraine, as a result of which Kiev, which suffers from insufficient support from the West, cedes the battlefield.
According to this newspaper, Russia will then launch first a covert and then an overt attack on the Baltic states in July 2024, launching cyberwarfare and inciting riots among the local Russian-speaking population.
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