Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed as “nonsense” the suggestion that Russia might attack a NATO member state.
“Anyone who fears a Russian attack on NATO should ask themselves: ‘Why?’” Putin said while speaking to foreign journalists at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Politicians who raise the threat are engaged in “not just nonsense, but also provocation and disinformation,” Putin said, accusing them of trying to frighten their own populations. “It would be funny if it weren’t so sad,” he added.
For several years, politicians across the European Union at various levels of government have warned that Russia could attack a NATO member state, citing the Baltic states as the likeliest targets, and have called for a major buildup of defenses along NATO’s eastern border.
In their official reports, Western intelligence agencies — including those of the Baltic states — describe a Russian attack on NATO in the coming years as unlikely.
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