“Russia will be able to attack NATO in 2030”: the worrying alert from German intelligence

The President of the Federal Intelligence Service Germany (BND, for its acronym in German), Bruno Kahl, warned the population of his country that Russia could commit acts of sabotage on the territory .

Such operations They would join other precedents, which the German secret services assume were orchestrated. through the Kremlin .

His statements were made this Monday, October 14 at the annual hearing of the Bundestag Control Committee (the Federal Parliament).

During this event organized in Berlin, the president of the BND He also said that Russia would be able to attack the NATO in 2030 according to German media such as Deutsche Welle And Picture .

It is good to remember that The country presided over by Vladimir Putin is in the midst of an invasion of Ukraine which started on February 24, 2022.

During the war, financial assistance programs and military that the Western allies provided were fundamental so that Ukrainian troops can counter the Russian offensive.

Kahl assured the Bundestag that “The Kremlin considers the Federal Republic of Germany an enemy” .

“As the second most supportive country towards Ukraine, we are clearly on Moscow’s side. Whether we like it or not, we are in a direct confrontation with Russia. Putin declared us his enemy a long time ago », Warned the president of the BND.

Kahl’s statements come after last July they were recorded an incident during which several packages caught fire before leaving aboard a national post cargo plane .

According to information collected by Deutsche Welle, the one sent from the Baltic contained explosives and caught fire inside the plane .

The plane had faced a logistical delay, so was still parked at Leipzig Airport .

However, If the delay had not occurred, the package containing explosives could have generated greater consequences to the point that the plane could even have crashed, it is claimed.

This episode is the subject of an investigation by the German public prosecutor’s office, while Authorities suspect it was an act of sabotage planned by Russian forces. .

From the aforementioned German media they claim that There are also other recent events that have caused the Secret Service to alert to the population, as Kahl did in front of the Bundestag.

The political analyst of the Spanish signal of the said channel, Paola Álvarez, explained in a broadcast: “From what we heard (at the hearing), the list must be very long. What happens is that only some of these actions become public. usually due to its size.

“For example, this happened in May with a fire in a Berlin factory of the German technological giant Diehl, linked among other things to the manufacture of IRIS-T missiles that Germany sends to Ukraine.

The incident required the deployment of around 170 firefighters to extinguish the flames in addition to measuring the air to determine if harmful substances were present, the channel reported at the time. Euronews and the press agency Europe Press .

In the words of the analyst Deutsche Welle“there The relationship was established almost immediately, although the investigation was closed, attributing the fire to a technical failure. which cannot be linked to direct sabotage action by Russia.”

At the same time, Álvarez recalled that, in mid-August, “Several German army barracks discovered holes in fences leading to water tanks” .

The specialist emphasized that In many of these situations, “it becomes very difficult to clearly establish responsibilities.” even if the indications, the context or the knowledge of the secret services clearly show that Moscow is behind this.

However, he said that There are cases of arrests of suspected spies who end up confessing .

“Secret services often work with information and indications that cannot always be verified, say, officially or legally. Also because, as has been warned, The Kremlin would work with agents described as “low level” “.

On this last point, the analyst specified that “They can even be members of local mafias located or from whom orders are requested via Telegram or from third parties” .

In this way, Álvarez said: “the trace of communication ends up becoming almost imperceptible and, with it, the origin of these commands” .

The Spanish journalist who worked for years as a correspondent in Russia, Ricardo Marquina, spoke statements by the chairman of the BND that the Kremlin will be able to attack NATO by the end of this decade .

In conversation with Deutsche Welledeclared that It is difficult to predict what will happen in this time frame. .

However, he said that “Clearly, Russia considers the West, and in particular Germany, Great Britain and the United States, to be its direct enemies. » .

“Of course, what is clear is that in the Kremlin and Lubyanka – the Russian Federal Security Service, known as the FSB – There is a pre-attack plan and a direct attack plan against Germany, whether it is used or not. But this possibility is in a file. I am absolutely convinced “, said Marquina.

“Thinking of a plan to attack Germany or Western countries This sounds very alarmist, but it is a possibility that I think the Kremlin has carefully considered. “, he added.

Certainly, the specialist of the country presided over by Putin clarified that “to lower the tone a little, It must be understood that ultimately Russia needs the West to do business. “.

“What it is doing with China and India is not enough to maintain the standard of living of its citizens and its technological and military capacity. Nor, basically, their economic capacity. By which, Russia needs peace in Europe as much, if not more, than Europe itself, and even Ukraine. who most needs a just and lasting peace.

From his analysis, The Kremlin aims for “a long term, in which the current president may or may not be present” who turned 72 last October.

SO, They have different contingency plans Marquina insured the aforementioned German channel.

Two days after the BND president’s statements, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said: The Alliance is ready to protect its members and invest more in defense .

“NATO is ready to face any enemy, any adversary who tries to attack us now and in the future” declared the representative of the organization this Wednesday, October 16, during a press conference held in Brussels, according to various international media.

Rutte also stressed that They will continue to “massively help Ukraine assert itself and ensure that Putin does not get what he wants” in said country.

Regarding the security of Alliance member countries, he stressed: “We will defend every square inch of NATO territory, that is absolutely clear and we will do whatever it takes, now and in the future, to achieve this.