Russia Could Attack NATO Within Months, Denmark Warns
Denmark’s military intelligence service expects Russia to intensify its hybrid campaign against NATO in the coming months and sees a low but growing risk of a limited military attack. Possible scenarios include drone or missile strikes, false-flag operations and a small incursion into a NATO border state, although a full-scale invasion remains highly unlikely.
The Danish Defense Intelligence Service (DDIS) has warned that Russia could intensify attacks against the West and potentially launch a limited military operation against a NATO country within months. The report, published on Sept. 24, identifies a "low but growing risk" of such an attack and distinguishes it from a conventional invasion.
Possible scenarios include isolated drone or missile strikes against infrastructure supporting Ukraine, or sending a small number of troops into the border territory of a NATO country under the pretext of protecting an ethnic Russian minority. The aim of such an operation is not to take over the country but to divide NATO and test the alliance's readiness to respond collectively.
The warning comes amid increasingly aggressive Russian rhetoric toward NATO's Baltic members and amid concerns that Moscow may become more willing to test NATO if it perceives divisions among alliance members or if the US is unable or unwilling to defend its European allies.
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