The German press operates with steep claims.
According to a leaked secret document, the German military is preparing for an armed conflict with Russia.
The Bundeswehr is preparing for an armed conflict with Russia, according to a secret document obtained by Bild The scenario outlines the possibility of a possible escalation between NATO and Russia step by step, month by month. The document reveals what steps Russian President Vladimir Putin would take and how NATO would defend against it.
According to the Bundeswehr's scenario, the armed conflict would begin within a few weeks and tens of thousands of German soldiers would have to be deployed.
For security reasons, the German newspaper did not publish all the data contained in the document.
According to the scenario, the escalation would begin in February 2024, and Russia would simultaneously launch another wave of mobilization, 200,000 Russian soldiers would be enlisted.
The Kremlin would launch another offensive against Ukraine in the spring, attack Kiev again, and gradually grind down the Ukrainian army, which would receive less and less Western support. Russia could claim significant successes by the summer of 2024, and after that it would attack the West more and more openly.
Russia would create a crisis in the Baltics through cyber attacks and various forms of hybrid warfare.
He would further inflame the tension by inciting the Russian-speaking minority in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. According to the scenario, clashes would break out, which Russia would use as a pretext for more attacks. It would move on the Polish and Lithuanian border. Russia would deploy troops and medium-range missiles to Kaliningrad and make an impending NATO attack the focus of its domestic propaganda.
The Kremlin's goal would be to conquer the Suwalki Gap. According to the scenario of the Bundeswehr, from December 2024 there would be artificially induced border conflicts and riots with many deaths in the area of the Suwalki corridor.
At the moment when the United States would be left without a leader for a few weeks after the possible replacement of Joe Biden, Russia would repeat its 2014 actions in eastern Ukraine on NATO territory.
In response, an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council would be convened, where the Kremlin would accuse NATO of preparing an attack on Russia. According to the scenario of the exercise, an extraordinary meeting of NATO would take place in January 2025, at which Poland and the Baltic states would report on the growing Russian threat.
In response, Russia would deploy additional troops to the Baltics in March 2025.
According to the Bundeswehr scenario, NATO would decide on "credible deterrence measures" to prevent a Russian attack on the Suwalki corridor. According to his document, the NATO commander-in-chief would order the deployment of 300,000 troops, including 30,000 Germans.
Cover photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin
Source: MTI/AP/RIA Novosti/Ramil Sitdikov
