{"id":283779,"date":"2024-03-17T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=283779"},"modified":"2024-03-19T08:12:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T08:12:56","slug":"business-insider-german-intel-predicts-potential-russian-attack-on-nato-from-2026-onwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=283779","title":{"rendered":"Business Insider: German intel predicts potential Russian attack on NATO from 2026 onwards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yuri Zoria \u2013 Euro Maidan Press March 16, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

A classified German intelligence report indicates Russia\u2019s potential military intentions towards NATO in the coming years, starting from 2026, according to Business Insider. The analysis suggests that Russia is preparing for a large-scale conflict with the West, indicated by the reorganization of its army, troop movements, and missile deployments in the western part of the country.<\/p>\n

According to information from Business Insider<\/a>, the \u201canalysis by German intelligence services is currently circulating in the German government. According to this, a significant intensification of Russian arms production is being observed, which could lead to Russia doubling its military power in the next five years compared to today, especially in conventional weapons.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

This projection has led to the conclusion that an attack on at least part of NATO territory, such as the Baltic countries or Finland, can \u201cno longer be ruled out\u201d starting in 2026.<\/p>\n

The report, which has not yet been made public by German services, has caught the attention of NATO headquarters as well. While there is concern over Russia\u2019s growing military capabilities, NATO officials believe that this does not necessarily have to lead to war. The American intelligence assessment cited by Business Insider suggests that it might take Russia five to eight years to restore the military strength it had before the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s preparations for confrontation with NATO<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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A man studies a leaflet given by young woman helping promote Russian Army recruitment in Moscow. The Russian Army can now muster 1,320,000 personnel and that number is growing.<\/p><\/div>\n

Recently, various Western officials\u00a0warned\u00a0of a Russian military threat to NATO\u2019s eastern flank, saying that Russia won\u2019t stop in Ukraine and urging Europe to bolster defenses.<\/p>\n

According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the Alliance must ready itself<\/a> for a possible decades-long confrontation with Russia.<\/p>\n

In December 2023, Belgian Army\u2019s Chief of Staff Adm. Michel Hofman\u00a0cautioned<\/a> that Russia\u2019s bellicose language and switch to a war footing suggest the possibility of new fronts opening against Moldova or the Baltic states, calling for Europe to bolster military readiness urgently.<\/p>\n

In January 2024, Norway\u2019s top commander, General Eirik Kristoffersen, warned<\/a> of being \u201cshort on time\u201d before a potential attack from unpredictable Russia, stating there is a one to three-year window to invest more in a secure defense.<\/p>\n

The same month, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted<\/a> that he believes that victory over Russia in its war against Ukraine can be achieved once every NATO member country fully commits to ending this war as if it were their own battle.<\/p>\n

Maj. Gen. Veiko-Vello Palm, Estonia\u2019s land forces commander, said<\/a> Russia is considered the only existential threat, and many NATO militaries are unprepared to fight it, despite efforts to revitalize Europe\u2019s military capacity since 2014, when Russia first invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n

In February, Estonia\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service warned<\/a> that Russia, preparing for a military confrontation with the West within the next decade, could be deterred by a NATO build-up, with plans to double forces along its border with NATO members Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia.<\/p>\n

Also in February, Estonia\u2019s Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna stated<\/a> that NATO has approximately three to four years to bolster its defenses as Russian President Vladimir Putin intensifies his country\u2019s \u201cwar machine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The same month, German Defense Minister Pistorius urged<\/a> Europe and NATO to prepare for \u201cthe worst-case scenario,\u201d stating that an attack on NATO territory could occur within five to eight years.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A classified German intelligence report circulating in the federal government warns of a significant Russian military buildup that could enable an attack on NATO territory starting in 2026 after doubling conventional weapons capabilities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":117065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=283779"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283782,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283779\/revisions\/283782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/117065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=283779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=283779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=283779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}