Lithuania says Russia is expanding military units on NATO borders
The Straits Times
VILNIUS, March 6 - Russia is expanding military units at the border with NATO, giving them battle experience in Ukraine, and could use them as hubs in a conflict with NATO after the war, Lithuanian intelligence said on Friday in its annual assessment of security threats. Read more at straitstimes.com.
VILNIUS, March 6 - Russia is expanding military units at the border with NATO, giving them battle experience in Ukraine, and could use them as hubs in a conflict with NATO after the war, Lithuanian intelligence said on Friday in its annual assessment of security threats.
If sanctions are removed, Russia would be ready for a "wide-scale military conflict" with NATO in six years' time, the intelligence assessment said.
"Russia would likely create not only a 30-50 percent larger army than it had before the war but also a relatively modern one. Strategic reserves of weapons and ammunition would be fully restored. Russia would be ready for a conventional military conflict with NATO," the Lithuanian intelligence report said.
Tipping the balance of power in Europe in its favour, as well as a total subjugation of Ukraine, remain top Russian goals, said the report.
The Russian Defence Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Russian military industry has been ramped up with help from China, enabling Moscow to reduce its reliance on Western technology. After the war, its surplus weaponry would lead to "consequences for global security", said the report.
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