Coming attack on EU?

Russia is preparing for a major war

What does the warmonger Vladimir Putin really have in mind for the West? Intelligence agencies are warning of the worst.(Bild: APA/AFP/NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA)

The new EU Commissioner for Defense, Andrius Kubilius, has a bad feeling. While the Kremlin is stockpiling countless tanks, Europe is not prepared for a possible attack, he warns.

"To be honest, we are not sufficiently prepared for an attack," the Lithuanian Kubilius revealed to the newspapers of the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND, Friday editions). "It will be years before we have the capabilities in Europe that are called for in NATO plans."

Countless tanks are being stockpiled and I naturally ask myself: Why is Russia doing this?

Andrius Kubilius

Intelligence services warn of an emergency
Kubilius referred to statements by the intelligence services that Russia will be ready to attack EU states in 2030. "Experts say that Russia now produces more tanks than it deploys on the front line," warned the EU Commissioner. "Countless tanks are being stockpiled and I naturally ask myself: Why is Russia doing this? What is Putin up to? We can only speculate." However, it is important to be prepared for the "emergency that the secret services are warning about", added Kubilius.

We must protect ourselves against Russia
The new EU Commission under Ursula von der Leyen officially took office on December 1. Together with EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Kaja Kallas, Kubilius intends to present a strategy paper on security and defense in his first hundred days in office. The 67-year-old conservative has already called for significantly higher investment in this area in order to secure the EU against Russia.