Because of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine other nations will continue to protect themselves from the threat of war and suppression of all dissent instigated by Putin’s repressive government.
But the U.K. military chief echoed similar calls from other Western military leaders and top defense officials, who have warned about the risk of a major war between Moscow and NATO.
Following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government has upped its warmongering rhetoric against neighboring countries, including the Baltics — which are members of the NATO military alliance — and Moldova.
Last week, Germany’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said a Russian attack on the NATO military alliance was “possible” in “five to eight years.”
Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, a top NATO official, had earlier said the military bloc faced “the most dangerous world in decades” and called for a “warfighting transformation of NATO.”
The Kremlin’s ever-more-threatening stance has prompted European countries to boost defense spending.
Poland is spending more than 4 percent of GDP on defense this year, while Germany last year revamped its military and strategic doctrine for the first time since 2011, aiming to turn the Bundeswehr into a war-capable army.
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