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Russland: CIA fürchtet Aggression gegen die Nato – Plant Putin die große Eskalation?

Amerikas Chefspion John Ratcliffe hat den Kreml offenbar vor einem Angriff auf die Nato gewarnt. Europa bereitet sich auf konkrete Szenarien vor.

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Russland: CIA fürchtet Aggression gegen die Nato – Plant Putin die große Eskalation?

Berlin - The CIA has expressed concern over potential aggression from Russia against NATO, with US media reporting that CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow to warn the Kremlin about testing NATO's defense readiness. Reports suggest that the CIA believes Russia may launch a cyberattack or invade a smaller NATO country in the coming years.

Moscow was reportedly aware of these worries. Ratcliffe's trip to Russia seems to indicate that the Americans view the situation as grave. US Deputy Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby visited NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday, where he praised countries like Poland, Germany, and the Netherlands for significantly increasing their defense budgets. Colby's visit followed a longer-planned NATO meeting, unrelated to Ratcliffe's Moscow trip.

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