Denmark’s defense minister warned on Friday that “new findings” indicate Russia could attack a NATO member state within the next three to five years.
Minister of Defense of Denmark Troels Rand Poulsen He told the Jyllands-Posten newspaper that although there was no direct threat to his country, “Russia’s military production capacity has increased significantly,” according to Reuters.
“We cannot rule out the possibility that Russia will test Article V and NATO’s cohesion within three to five years. That is not the assessment of NATO in 2023,” Poulsen was quoted as saying. “This is new knowledge that is now coming to light.”
“Russia has the potential to do so. In the future, Russia will also have military capabilities sooner than we expected,” he added. “There is reason for genuine concern.”
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According to Reuters, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said last month that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) needs to prepare for a Russian attack within five to eight years.
NATO states on its website: “Article 5 provides that if a NATO Ally becomes the victim of an armed attack, all other members of the Alliance shall consider this act of violence to be an armed attack against all members and take necessary measures. “It stipulates that the following measures be taken.” deemed necessary to support an attacked ally. ”
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The exercise, dubbed Steadfast Defender 24, “demonstrates that NATO is capable of conducting and sustaining complex multi-domain operations in any situation, over several months and over thousands of miles, from the Highlands of the North to Central and Eastern Europe. 31-National Organization revealed.
Troops will be moving back and forth across Europe until the end of May in what NATO describes as a “simulation of new conflict scenarios with near-peer adversaries.” Under NATO’s new defense plan, the main adversaries are Russia and terrorist organizations.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Original article source: Denmark warns of ‘new knowledge’ showing Russia could attack NATO within 3-5 years: Report