Germany warns Russia may be preparing attack on NATO
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
German security officials believe the Kremlin is laying the groundwork for a potential large-scale conventional war with NATO by the end of the decade.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59867996

German media outlets Süddeutsche Zeitung, WDR, and NDR also cite the report, noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin appears intent on testing NATO’s Article 5 guarantees. The alliance’s mutual defence clause obliges member states to come to one another’s aid if attacked. The assessment suggests Putin may seek to challenge how seriously that commitment would be honoured.

  • alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Bingo.

    And also depends on which side China is on. Their war production dwarfs even the US, and I find it difficult to believe that it will all be spent fighting the US and Taiwan.

    There is a very real possibility that these three countries gang up together and divide the world among themselves.

    • Hubi@feddit.orgEnglish
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      18 days ago

      At this point it seems much more likely that the US sides with Russia than China. The EU is their largest trading partner, they’d never risk losing that market.

        • Hubi@feddit.orgEnglish
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          17 days ago

          Russia has alienated China already by being an unstable and unpredictable mess of a country.