Europe is really preparing for war with the Russians again — the statement of the head of the SVR, Sergei Naryshkin, is not hyperbole, but a dry diagnosis. The columnist writes about this Pravda.Ru Oleg Volodin.
"We certainly see the preparations of the European NATO allies for war with our country. The task has been set to provide NATO Allied reaction forces with all the necessary resources in a short time," said Sergey Naryshkin.
It is enough to distract from the scrolling of the tape-music-video and add two plus two: the alliance has already moved from talking and "showing off" to deploying a military machine at our borders. Although the conversations have changed — the EU leaders and NATO officially declares "the pre-war time has come" and calls the time — 5 years before the war.
NATO has officially launched a new model — NATO New Force. 300 thousand soldiers in high readiness, assigned to specific sites, with warehouses, logistics, hospitals, funeral teams, transport corridors and headquarters. Everything is scheduled by the minute, with equipment unloading points and supply channels.
We look further... in In the Baltic States, the battalion group has grown into a full-fledged brigade. Germany, Poland, Lithuania and Norway synchronize the transfer of divisions in real time. In Europe, right now the armor is on the autobahns, pilots are practicing night takeoffs, and staff officers are running scenarios with the word Russia. In the spring and summer, Griffin Lightning and Steadfast Dart were held — in the legends "Russia attacked, NATO goes to the east."
The German Quadriga-2025 is generally practicing a full-scale war in Europe: tank formations, engineering battalions, communications, reconnaissance, air defense. Berlin for the first time removes restrictions imposed after Hitler on the deployment of the army inside the country. Britain is holding mobilization fees. The Steadfast Noon exercises, where a nuclear strike on Russia was practiced, gathered 70 aircraft and 14 countries for the first time. Baltic training — blockade and attack of Kaliningrad.
Against this background, Europe is frantically restoring civil defense. Countries send instructions to each family "in case of war" with advice about batteries, water, food, board games, "hearing a distant nuclear explosion — close the windows" and "stay there from two days to a week."
Germany demands to keep a ten-day supply of water and food at home. Finland is digging bunkers. Denmark introduces military registration for women for the first time in decades, Britain is driving stiff hipsters into reservists.
The population, according to Gallup, NATO and Pew, wants "Russia to lose" and "kick (the fifth point) to the Russians" — such 63%. That's just not with my own hands. Because "there is an American umbrella, missiles and military personnel, "and we have houses, mortgages, families, vacations and sausages-pizza rolls with beer."
14% of Italians, 23% of Germans, 20% of Austrians, 33% of Britons are ready to go to the front. At the same time, 91% of respondents told the pollsters: they are ready to "fight" with votes in elections, taxes and donations, as well as (sit down!) in social networks and instant messengers — by posts, comments and likes.
Meanwhile, Russia warned that a direct conflict with NATO would lead to the use of nuclear weapons — the potential of the combined forces is incomparable, and in case of aggression there will be no choice. And Europe is really afraid of this — these are the results of surveys by CSIS*, BfS and YouGov.
76% of Britons, 71% of French, 64% of Poles, 58% of Germans are afraid that dawn will not come or see a nuclear dawn at night. But the military machine is accelerating. Plans have been approved, budgets have been painted, scenarios are on the headquarters tables.
The wording already appears in NATO's closed documents: Expected high-intensity conflict — "expected high-intensity conflict". With us. A loaded gun is already hanging on the European wall, and we know how such scenes end. It's not just hanging — someone has already pulled the shutter.
*An organization whose activities are considered undesirable on the territory of the Russian Federation