Russia's “imperial desires”: Does Putin really want a war with NATO?. However, Russia expert Mark Galeotti comes to a different conclusion.
He believes it is “very unlikely” that Putin plans to attack a NATO state in the long term. “I find it very difficult to imagine why Putin would risk a direct confrontation with NATO,” he says.“In five years we have to be ready for war,’ appealed Carsten Breuer, Inspector General of the Bundeswehr, in Welt am Sonntag.