NATO Admits ‘No Direct Threat From Russia’ As UK Army Chief Tells Citizens Prepare For Massive War

• NATO Admits ‘No Direct Threat From Russia’ As UK Army Chief Tells Citizens Prepare For Massive War
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  On Tuesday NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg issued a surprising statement which drastically contradicted the anti-Moscow hawks in the US and UK, who have been claiming that Putin has his eyes set on expanding the war beyond Ukraine, potentially threatening the rest of Europe.
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  Stoltenberg told a press briefing when asked to assess the Russian threat against the Western military alliance that “we don’t see any direct or imminent threat against any NATO Ally.” The idea of an ‘imperial Russian expansionist war’ to gobble up territory into Europe has long been a mainstream talking point related to the Ukraine conflict.
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  The NATO chief continued, “And therefore, we, of course, monitor closely what Russia does, we have increased our vigilance, our presence in the eastern part of the Alliance, but the whole idea of that is to prevent an attack on a NATO Ally.”
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  His words were reported in both Russian and Ukrainian media sources. According to one Ukrainian source, “Stoltenberg recalled that in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, NATO members increased defense production, not only to provide additional military assistance to Kyiv, but also to strengthen their own defense capabilities.”
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  Related to this, France and Germany in particular have been boosting their arms production, with France ramping up deliveries to Kiev too as Washington’s supplies are drying up: 
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