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US Urges NATO Allies to Prepare for War with Russia
U.S. officials say allies should train and spend more as leaked intelligence warns Russia could mount a limited assault within a few years.
- United States Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker urges alliance members to train and invest in defense as if a Russian attack were imminent, even as officials say an immediate full-scale assault is not the current assessment.
- European officials believe Russia is testing NATO through hybrid operations, citing recent drone incidents near Germany, Romania, and Estonia that experts like Fiona Hill, senior director for Russian and European affairs on the National Security Council during the first Trump administration, describe as significant acts of war.
- Russia allocates nearly 40% of federal spending to defense and security, while NATO allies agreed last year to reach 5% of their annual GDP toward defense by 2035, with at least 3.5% going directly to military spending.
- More than 1.4 million Russian troops have been killed or wounded in Ukraine since February 2022, according to a CSIS study, leading experts like Kurt Volker, special representative to Ukraine in Trump's first term, to argue Russia is too exhausted to open a second front.
- Analysts like Michael Kofman, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, warn that Russian military reconstitution is "not a matter of if but of when," necessitating constant vigilance from NATO despite current assessments.
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US urges NATO allies to prepare for war with Russia
According to a report from USA TODAY, the United States is telling its NATO allies they must train, spend and produce weapons as if Russian President Vladimir Putin could order a limited attack on alliance territory in the coming years. The warning comes even as officials say an imminent full-scale assault is not the current […]
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