Germany’s military, the Bundeswehr, recently got the all-clear for a massive increase in investment after parliament voted to exempt defence spending from strict rules on debt.
The country’s top general has told the BBC the cash boost is urgently needed because he believes Russian aggression won’t stop at Ukraine.
“We are threatened by Russia. We are threatened by Putin. We have to do whatever is needed to deter that,” Gen Carsten Breuer says. He warns that Nato should be braced for a possible attack in as little as four years.
“It’s not about how much time I need, it’s much more about how much time Putin gives us to be prepared,” the defence chief says bluntly. “And the sooner we are prepared the better.”
EU is afraid, they want to have buffer zone between them and russia. For this purpose they even would not mind if Poland joins new union of Eastern Euroean countries - Ukraine, Belarus and Poland. Thats why they quickly changed rythoric about Gaza and Israel. They need Turkey to be on their side. Moscow was able to establish own regimes in most of collonies of Habsburgs. And nowadays they did it in USA, the richest and strongest country in the world. So EU is forced to help Ukraine and stand against Israel. It is not like they really care (they did not care when Moscow regime murgered hundred millions of Ukrainian, Belorussian and Polish people). But they know if Eastern Europe falls - they are next.
