Russia intends to test the West Unity, especially in connection with the Article Five North Atlantic Agreement on the NATO collective defenseclaims the head of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) Bruno Kahl. According to DPA, TASR informs about this.
“We very much hope that this is not true and that we will not get into such a difficult situation where we would be tested. However, we must assume that Russia wants to test us to issue the unity of the West to the test, “ Kahl Kahl said in an interview for German public television Deutsche Welle.
The timing of the Russian test of the article five according to Kahla depends on the course of the war in Ukraine. “If the war ends before 2029 or 2030, Russia would make it more possible to use its technical, material and human resources to build strength against Europe,” noted. “It is also possible that a specific threat from Russia against Europeans could appear before we have counted so far,” Kahl continued. “The early end of the war in Ukraine would allow the Russians to direct their energy where they really want it, against Europe,” added.
According to the head of the Federal Intelligence Service, Russia wants to achieve a situation in which the world order will be similar to the situation in Europe at the end of the 1990s. At that time, the Russian sphere of influence interfered more in the west and, ideally, it would be without American presence on the continent.
