German intelligence officials have issued a warning to the Bundestag about the increasing threat posed by Russia, suggesting that the conflict could extend to NATO countries, Euronews reports.
Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service President Bruno Kahl said that Russia could launch an attack against NATO by the end of the decade, and that the West is already in a direct conflict with Russia. He noted that President Vladimir Putin has long identified NATO as an enemy, making direct military confrontation a possibility.
Kahl and other intelligence officials, including the head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Thomas Haldenwang and the chief of the Military Counterintelligence Service Martina Rosenberg, voiced their concerns during a hearing of the Bundestag’s Control Committee, noting a rise in aggressive actions, espionage, and sabotage by Russian intelligence services.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed these claims, asserting that Russia has not moved military infrastructure toward NATO countries and labeling the assertion that Russian forces pose a danger as illogical. The warning comes amid ongoing tensions from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow partially justified by alleging Ukraine’s intent to join NATO.
