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He is certain that Russia will test NATO’s Article 5 about collective defense – and he also explains how Russia could do it.
He is certain that Russia will test NATO’s Article 5 about collective defense – and he also explains how Russia could do it.
What is happening?
Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Bruno Kahl, said in an interview med Table Media, that they have intelligence showing that Russias war in Ukraine is only a step on a journey westward.
Determined to test NATO
Kahl explained that his agency has clear intelligence indications that Russian officials believe that the collective defence obligations of NATO no longer has practical force – and that Russia is determined to put it to a test.
Don’t expect tanks
Kahl explained that we should not expect Russian tanks to roll over NATO borders, but that less effort from Russia would be enough to test NATO’s Article 5 about mutual defence.
Little green men
“They don’t need to dispatch armies of tanks for that. It’s enough to send little green men to Estonia to protect the supposedly oppressed Russian minorities,” Kahl said in the podcast interview.
Using the Crimean playbook
When Russia annexed the Crimea Peninsula in 2014, it involved Russian soldiers in unmarked uniforms and civilian clothes taking control of buildings and offices.
They became known as “little green men” initially, when Moscow denied that they were in fact Russian forces.
Confrontations short of full war
Kahl further explained that Russian officials, which he refused to name, are invisioning a confrontiation between Russia and NATO that falls short of a full military engagement.
This would test the NATO Article 5 and proof if the US is really going to live up to it’s obligations.
“Thank god”
Kahl also said that his contacts with his US counterparts left him convinced that the Americans take the Russian threat as seriously as Germany.
“Thank God,” he added.
He is certain that Russia will test NATO’s Article 5 about collective defense – and he also explains how Russia could do it.
What is happening?
Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Bruno Kahl, said in an interview med Table Media, that they have intelligence showing that Russias war in Ukraine is only a step on a journey westward.
Determined to test NATO
Kahl explained that his agency has clear intelligence indications that Russian officials believe that the collective defence obligations of NATO no longer has practical force – and that Russia is determined to put it to a test.
Don’t expect tanks
Kahl explained that we should not expect Russian tanks to roll over NATO borders, but that less effert from Russia would be enough to test NATO’s Article 5 about mutual defence.
Little green men
“They don’t need to dispatch armies of tanks for that. It’s enough to send little green men to Estonia to protect the supposedly oppressed Russian minorities,” Kahl said in the podcast interview.
Using the Crimean playbook
When Russia annexed the Crimea Peninsula in 2014, it involved Russian soldiers in unmarked uniforms and civilian clothes taking control of buildings and offices.
They became known as “little green men” initially, when Moscow denied that they were in fact Russian forces.
Confrontations short of full war
Kahl further explained that Russian officials, which he refused to name, are invisioning a confrontiation between Russia and NATO that falls short of a full military engagement.
This would test the NATO Article 5 and proof if the US is really going to live up to it’s obligations.
“Thank god”
Kahl also said that his contacts with his US counterparts left him convinced that the Americans take the Russian threat as seriously as Germany.
“Thank God,” he added.