The German intelligence boss rings the tocsin. In an interview with American media Newsweekthis Tuesday, June 10, Bruno Kahl warned Western countries in the face of Russia from Vladimir Putin.
He assured that Berlin was “Completely certain” that Ukraine was a springboard for a larger Russian assault. According to him, Moscow is currently trying to test the determination of NATO. In his viewfinder: members of the Eastern flank of the Alliance, like the Baltic countries. “This does not mean that we expect tanks of tanks to go west”he nevertheless nuanced.
An attack within five years?
This new alert comes when NATO chief Mark Rutte said that the Russian military-industrial complex produced weapons at a pace fast to allow Moscow to be ready to attack the alliance in the next five years. In this context, the secretary general of the military alliance called for member countries to increase their anti -aircraft and anti -missile defense by 400 %.
The concerns of Bruno Kahl and Mark Rutte will be mentioned at the NATO summit in Hague, the Netherlands on June 24 and 25. One of the main objectives of the meeting will be that all countries agree to devote 5 % of their GDP to Defense, as requested by the President of the United States Donald Trump.
A certain number of European states accuse Russia of considering attacking the EU and of carrying out a hybrid war against the West. Thus, a recent note of the Danish secret services alerts the possibility of a “Large -scale war” in Europe within five years. In March, the German Friedrich Merz – now Chancellor – pointed out the “War against Europe, and not only against the territorial integrity of Ukraine”that Moscow would lead. In France, the President of the Republic qualified Russia as ” threat “. In this context, Germany, Poland and France, among others, have already announced a considerable increase in their military spending.
