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Putin could attack NATO in ‘5 to 8 years,’ German defense minister warns – POLITICO (www.politico.eu)

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[-] Shotgun_Alice@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago

I hope he’s not still alive by then.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Doesn't he have cancer or was that just wishful thinking?

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

He likely does or did, but the waters are too muddy to have certainty.

[-] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Well, only for us. I’m sure the intelligence community knows.

[-] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 9 months ago

He had some weird medical issue that some people guess is cancer. But it just as easily could have been overly cautious covid protections for all the info that gets made public

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Maybe he'll become as paranoid as Stalin and kill all his doctors. Once can hope. (Sucks for the doctors of course.)

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 9 months ago

And the more authoritarians win in Europe and the US the faster that time line is accelerated

[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

That would be a big mistake by Putin. Could be his last. And it will take more than 8 years to even think about it. Ukraine has deflated the Russian military. It will take more than 10 years for them to rearm

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Last? He'll be geriatric at that point.

[-] HollandJim@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Then? He’s geriatric now.

Ah, the miracles of plastic surgery and not moving your expression much.

[-] aew360@lemm.ee 15 points 9 months ago

Ok but… how? With whom?

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

They need those 5-8 years for the kids to get big enough to hold the weapons.

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

But there won't be many more coming after that, what with all their men dead and all.

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Nah, they still have all the kids they kidnapped from Ukraine and sent to Belarus

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Touche.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago

And with what weapons?

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

So in Russian terms, that's like 40-60 years right? We're two years into a couple week special operation, so I doubt that they'll be anywhere close to being able to take on an entire military alliance by 2030 when they can barely handle a single former client state.

[-] avater@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

hope he is decaying by this time

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

He's already like 90% decayed.

[-] avater@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Still breathing too much if you ask me.

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

How do I link the Noncredibledefense community?

[-] Toes@ani.social 4 points 9 months ago

Probably more like 30, they're about out of warm bodies.

[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 9 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

An increasingly belligerent Russian President Vladimir Putin could attack the NATO military alliance in less than a decade, Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warned.

Following the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has upped its aggressive rhetoric against some of its neighbors — including the Baltic countries and Poland, which are all members of NATO, and Moldova — prompting top European defense officials to warn of the risk of a major conflict.

Earlier this month, Sweden's commander-in-chief General Micael Bydén similarly called on Swedes to "prepare themselves mentally" for war.

In his interview with Der Tagesspiegel, Pistorius said the Swedish warnings were "understandable from a Scandinavian perspective," adding that Sweden faced "an even more serious situation," given its proximity to Russia.

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, an outspoken Putin critic who has been one of the loudest voices in support of Ukraine in the EU, on Thursday called on Europe to speed up preparations for more Russian aggression.

"There's a chance that Russia might not be contained in Ukraine," Landsbergis told French newswire AFP at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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[-] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

Ah yes, politico, Germanys most credible news agency /s

[-] jinarched@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

(x) Doubt

[-] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

NATO would wipe the floor with them, at any point in time.

[-] thecrotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

If nuclear powers went to war they would, together, hand in hand, wipe the floor with the human race. We're talking about the potential for 9000 nukes to get launched in this hypothetical war.

[-] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Yet still, unnecessary deaths on both sides

[-] A_A@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Thanks for the 8 sources of these 3 (or more) related stories :

From Germany you had 3 more sources which were :
Russian spring offensive could lead to war with Nato, according to German defence scenario https://www.intellinews.com/russia-could-attack-nato-as-early-as-february-bild-reports-307785/

Germany warns of Russian attack on NATO within ‘5-8 years’ https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/germany-warns-of-russian-attack-on-nato-within-5-8-years-/3113783

Leaked German military documents laid out a doomsday scenario where Russia wins in Ukraine then invades Europe
https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-military-docs-envision-russia-war-nato-in-2024-2024-1

2 from Poland :
‘Europe will be subject to a direct Russian attack in the next few years’ — Polish PM Tusk https://news.yahoo.com/europe-subject-direct-russian-attack-150500271.html

Polish PM warns of possible Russian aggression against Europe https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/polish-pm-warns-of-possible-russian-aggression-1704315471.html

and 2 from Estonia:
Europe has 3-5 years to prepare for threat from Russia's side - Estonian PM https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/15/7437368/

Russia's attack on NATO - Kaja Kallas says there is 3-5 years to prepare and calls for stopping Putin in Ukraine
https://eng.obozrevatel.com/section-world/news-there-are-3-5-years-to-prepare-estonian-prime-minister-warned-of-possible-russian-aggression-against-nato-16-01-2024.html

Edits : added the one i missed. 2nd ed: corrected source.

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