“Defense expert and CDU Bundestag member Roderich Kiesewetter said on ntv that Europe is already facing a critical threat of war with russia — ‘russia has deployed two army corps in Belarus, that is about 360,000 combat-ready soldiers’, capable of striking NATO countries”, - the Bild Telegram channel wrote on December 16.
“Thanks to a war economy, putin is training hundreds of thousands of soldiers who are not being used in Ukraine at all”, - the politician claims.
Kiesewetter considers it naive to think that “putin will eventually come to his senses.” In his view, 2026 and 2027 will be “critical”, but if defense capabilities are strengthened and caution is exercised, Europe will be able to get through them.
As reported, Europeans fear that a demilitarized zone in Donbas could become a “russian Trojan horse”.