Russia's widespread use of hybrid measures against Western targets increases the risk that NATO may eventually consider invoking Article 5 of the alliance's mutual defense treaty, Germany's top defense official said. foreign intelligence service, quoted by Reuters, writes BTA.
Speaking at an event at the DGAP think tank in Berlin today, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst) Bruno Kahl added: “The increasing build-up of speed by the Russian military means that direct military confrontation with NATO is becoming an option. for the Kremlin“.