COPENHAGEN: Denmark ought to pace up its army investments after new intelligence signifies that Russia is rearming quicker than anticipated and that it might assault a Nato nation inside three to 5 years, the Danish defence minister stated on Friday.
“Russia’s capability to provide army gear has elevated tremendously,” defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen informed they Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
“It can’t be dominated out that inside a three- to five-year interval, Russia will check Article 5 and Nato’s solidarity. That was not Nato’s evaluation in 2023. That is new information that’s coming to the fore now,” he stated.
The modified menace evaluation comes after different European Nato nations have made comparable warnings in latest weeks.
Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius stated in January the alliance ought to put together for a Russian assault on a Nato nation inside 5 to eight years.
Poulsen stated there isn’t any direct menace towards Denmark however the alliance might face hybrid assaults in efforts to destabilize a member nation.
“Russia doubtlessly has the need to take action. Now they will even have the power to have a army functionality sooner than we anticipated. There may be motive to be genuinely involved,” he stated.
“Russia’s capability to provide army gear has elevated tremendously,” defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen informed they Jyllands-Posten newspaper.
“It can’t be dominated out that inside a three- to five-year interval, Russia will check Article 5 and Nato’s solidarity. That was not Nato’s evaluation in 2023. That is new information that’s coming to the fore now,” he stated.
The modified menace evaluation comes after different European Nato nations have made comparable warnings in latest weeks.
Germany’s defence minister Boris Pistorius stated in January the alliance ought to put together for a Russian assault on a Nato nation inside 5 to eight years.
Poulsen stated there isn’t any direct menace towards Denmark however the alliance might face hybrid assaults in efforts to destabilize a member nation.
“Russia doubtlessly has the need to take action. Now they will even have the power to have a army functionality sooner than we anticipated. There may be motive to be genuinely involved,” he stated.
