Russia has capacity for a limited attack against NATO territory at any time but a decision to act would depend on the Western allies’ posture, a top German military official warned.

“If you look at Russia’s current capabilities and combat power, Russia could kick off a small-scale attack against NATO territory as early as tomorrow,” Lieutenant General Alexander Sollfrank told Reuters in an interview.

“Small, quick, regionally limited, nothing big - Russia is too tied down in Ukraine for that.”

  • mysticpickle@lemmy.ca
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    Woah woah woah. Let’s not start world war 3 here! Let’s just be sensible and appease Putin some more and activate article 4 and discuss what we should do instead 🙄

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      You unterstand what an actual world war wohl mean? I personaly do… and trust me, the western politicians do know also.

      So, even if the whole baltics go back to russia - it would be a small price compared to a full scale war (even if it would stay non nuclear)

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        The problem is that Russia will NOT stop. They might pause, but they can’t stop the expansion, they are culturally incapable of it.