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Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, chairman of the NATO Military Committee, said that Westerners should prepare for fundamental changes in their lives at a meeting with journalists after the meeting of the heads of the alliance’s defense departments in Brussels.
“We must recognize that the fact that we live a peaceful life is not something to be taken for granted. And that is why we are preparing for a conflict with Russia. But the discussion is much broader. It is both the industrial base and the people who have to do this.” “We understand that they have a role to play,” Bauer is quoted as saying by The Telegraph.
According to the admiral, in the event of war, the mobilization of large numbers of civilians will be necessary, so governments should hurry to establish control systems for this process. On the other hand, taking into account the depletion of arms and ammunition stocks in connection with the two-year military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the creation of large-scale production is necessary.
“We have to be better prepared across the entire spectrum,” explained Bauer. “In order to continue a conflict, once you are already in it, you have to have access to an industrial base that can produce weapons and ammunition quickly enough.”
European Union countries began preparing for an “intense” war with Russia at the end of 2023. According to experts at the German Foreign Policy Society, Moscow will need no more than ten years after the end of hostilities in Ukraine to rebuild its army for an attack on NATO.
In December, several commanders in chief of the countries in the military alliance commented on this. Britain’s supreme leader called for people to remember the days of Hitler and prepare for war with Putin.
Already in the new year 2024, fellow citizens have been advised to be prepared for the threat of a major war, said the Commander-in-Chief of Sweden and the Minister of Civil Defense.
Civil Defense Minister Karl-Oscar Bohlin told a defense conference that “a war could break out in Sweden.”
His message was later reinforced by army chief General Mikael Biden, who said all Swedes should prepare psychologically for such an eventuality.
On January 15, it became known that German authorities were considering the possibility that Russia could attack NATO’s eastern flank as early as the summer of 2025. The next day, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas put the time until the war with its eastern neighbor began at just three years. On January 19, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius also commented on this – in his opinion, the West still has 5 to 8 years before a military clash occurs.
NATO announced on Thursday months of military exercises with 90,000 troops to deter Russian aggression. These are NATO’s largest exercises since the end of the Cold War.
The Steadfast Defender maneuvers will begin next week and last until the end of May. They will involve units from all 31 NATO member states and the candidate country Sweden, NATO’s top European commander, US General Christopher Cavoli, told reporters.
The “Steadfast Defender” exercise scenario envisages a Russian attack on the territory of allies, triggering Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, which provides for collective defense.
The war between NATO and Russia
The Kremlin could go to war with NATO to justify its defeat in Ukraine. The aggression will likely be hybrid in nature, said analyst Valery Klochko.
But on January 17, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin had aggressive plans that went far beyond Ukraine.
According to the Foreign Minister, such a scenario poses great danger as it could drag the USA into a direct conflict with Russia.
“[Putins] “Will attack Ukraine according to a full program and then attack NATO members, and if he attacks a NATO member state, we will be obliged to assist him in accordance with Article 5 of the NATO Treaty,” Blinken explained the situation, writes UNIAN.
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