7 hours agoGerman Chief of Defense: Russia could attack NATO within the next four years
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Members of the Western NATO alliance must prepare for a possible attack by Russia within the next four years, according to Germany's defence chief. General Carsten Breuer told the BBC that Russia was producing hundreds of tanks a year, many of which could be used for an attack on member states [...]
General Carsten Breuer told the BBC that Russia was producing hundreds of tanks annually, many of which could be used for an attack on NATO member states in Baltic by 2029 or even earlier.
He also insisted that NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, remains united over the war in Ukraine, despite differences in the opinions recently expressed by Hungary and Slovakia.
General Breuer spoke in the margins of Shanghai-la Dialogue, a defence summit in Singapore organised by the expert group, the International Institute of Strategic Studies.
His comments come weeks before a NATO summit in The Hague, where they are expected to discuss defence budgets, but other topics as well.
General Breuer said NATO is facing a very serious “threat from Russia, a threat he has never seen in his 40 years in service.
For the moment, he said, Russia is building its forces in a high <x0-size”, producing approximately 1,500 main battle heels annually.
“Not every tank is going to [war in] Ukraine, but is also going to the stocks and new military facilities that always face the West”, he said.
Russia also produced four million rounds of artillery ammunition 152 mm in 2024, and not all were going to Ukraine, General Breuer added.
“Exists a goal and has a collection of stocks” for a possible future attack on NATO member states in Baltic, he said, BBC, broadcasts Periscope.
