Carsten Breuer, the German chief of defence: Nato faces "very serious threat" from Russia

Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent, speaks to Carsten
Breuer, the German chief of defence.


General Carsten Breuer gives his assessment of the threat that
Russia poses to the Western alliance Nato. He says that Russia is
building up its forces to an "enormous extent" and says that
members of the alliance need to prepare for a possible attack
from Russia within the next four years, according to assessments
from defence analysts. He cites recent attacks on undersea cables
in the Baltic Sea, and unidentified drones spotted over German
power stations and other infrastructure, as possible evidence
that Russia is continuously looking for weaknesses in the defence
capabilities of Western countries. Russia has denied involvement
in these incidents. General Breuer argues that Nato members
should build up their militaries, and that European nations
should consider security a baseline for prosperity and
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(Image: General Carsten Breuer. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)