German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius warned that the war between Russia and Ukraine could expand beyond the neighboring countries, Report informs via A Haber.
"We hear threats from the Kremlin almost every day - most recently again against our friends in the Baltic states," Pistorius told the Tagesspiegel newspaper in an article published on Friday.
With regard to the Bundeswehr, the minister emphasized: "We must quickly strengthen our defense capabilities in light of the urgency of the threat situation."
"So we have to take into account that [Russian President] Vladimir Putin might even attack a NATO country one day," added Pistorius, who has been in office for a year this Friday.
However, if it were to happen, he said it would happen between "five to eight years" from now.
With his call for the Bundeswehr to become "war-ready" he also wanted to "shake up our society," he said.
