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Germany warns that Russia is rearming faster than expected, replacing war losses and stockpiling tanks, missiles, and drones.

Putin has redirected Russia’s economy to fuel its military, aided by supplies from Iran and North Korea.

While there’s no clear evidence of plans to attack NATO, Russia is creating the conditions for it.

On the Ukraine front, Russian forces are advancing in south Donetsk, nearing strategic town Pokrovsk, a key supply hub and coal mining center.

Analysts suggest Putin aims to seize land before potential peace talks.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It takes Russia weeks/months to take a tiny village at the cost of thousands of soldiers. They can't attack NATO.

I mean they can... but it would go as expected.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I'm sorry, but even with the U.S. out of NATO, Russia would get their ass kicked. Putin must know that.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

All depends on if NATO as a whole isn't just a bluff. Are the UK, Germany and France, the three remaining major economies after the US leaves, actually going to go to war with Russia over Lithuania (no offense at all toward Lithuanians), for example? That's what he's testing, and that's why he wants the US out.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

NATO is required to come to the defence of any member nation if it is attacked.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago (20 children)

On paper, yes. Will they, though?

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I think the plan is to be ready for WWIII, when China, Russia, Iran, and… haha…. North Korea, team up.

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[–] [email protected] 155 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They're betting on their fascist puppet in the US tearing apart NATO, so they don't have to worry about such things when they start eyeing the Baltic states.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

And what, lose another 3 years and a third of the country's young to losing the fight for Estonia? Russia is absolutely incapable of successfully invading anything. They couldn't even stay in Syria when a bunch of untrained militia said they might show up later. Russia is weak.

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