Andrius Kubilius, a former Lithuanian prime minister and the EU’s first defense commissioner, has said Europe must be ready to fight Russia within 6-8 years.
“Defense ministers and NATO generals agree that Vladimir Putin could be ready for confrontation with NATO and the EU in 6-8 years,” Kubilius told Reuters.
“If we take these assessments seriously, then that is the time for us to properly prepare, and it is a short one. This means we have to take quick decisions, and ambitious decisions,” he added.
NATO has been preparing for a future war with Russia despite the risk of the conflict quickly turning nuclear. The EU has little impact on military policy since individual EU members are responsible for their own defense, but the appointment of Kubilius shows the bloc is looking to increase its involvement in war planning.
“The European Union won’t have defense plans or military leadership, like NATO does — but the European Union has instruments to get larger financing, which NATO doesn’t,” Kubilius said.
The former Lithuanian leader is a staunch supporter of the Ukraine proxy war and a major Russia hawk. He said that his first job is to see what resources the EU has available to prepare for a future fight. Kubilius told Reuters that he would like to see an investment of more than 500 billion euros in the next few years to build up European militaries.
On Thursday, the EU’s parliament passed a resolution calling on European countries to allow Ukraine to use Western weapons for long-range strikes inside Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that the step would mean NATO is at war with Russia.
In response to the EU resolution, Vyacheslav Volodin, the head of Russia’s State Duma, said, “What the European Parliament is calling for leads to a world war using nuclear weapons.”
The same old story. Every time when Europe is united under one leadership, it starts a crusade against Russia. Now they do it under American leadership. Even the risk of full scale nuclear war doesn't discourage them. For the world, there are no difference whether Europe is ruled by so called democrats or fascists, the foreign politics are the same.
Sound logic, my friend, very sound indeed!
What resources does the EU have available? Universal access to health care, walkable cities with mass transit, pensions, aid for the millions of refugees Europe has had to take. All that investment in uplifting humanity certainly can be sacrificed to invest in far more death, destruction, and eventual incineration with nuclear weapons. Be a tourist to Europe quick before it's gone.
i love europe for all those things
sigh
“NUCLEAR WAR” = Russia is losing
No, it = you die. It = no more saying stupid stuff on internet.
Same for you.
Yes, well that's what I said there. It is somewhat implied in said nuclear war that I die too. Same as you indeed. You might desire it, I'd just rather not.
Don’t be so afraid of the boogie man.
Right. He's being irrational. Whereas a rationale thinker like yourself can equate 10 thousand nukes as just a scary story.
These "allies" sound like they would like to ramp it up a|A Lot Quicker than that.
No need to. The Ukes are taking care of the Russian menace on their own. Russia — it turns out — was a paper tiger (bear?) all along. Good riddance.
Slava Ukraini!
on their own.
Good one.
Then the western nations can stop sending aid to Ukraine. According to you they don't need it. Tell Zelensky he can trashcan his Victory Plan. Victory is already in the bag. According to you.
Gold Star Thomas! Truly!
Thanks belongs to Pepe.
NATO can lick the sweat off a dead man’s balls!
You are really into that today. Huge this and sweat from that. It must be date night in the Donna household.
That's 4 to 6 years later than the US' plan for war with China. Plus, Iran and North Korea have to be scheduled in. And we might beat the EU with Russia. Business is booming.
Sure is a butt ugly country compared to what it was when we were young.
Remember these words after they destroy modern civilization::
“But I won't cry for yesterday,
There's an ordinary world,
Somehow I have to find.
And as I try to make my way,
To the ordinary world,
I will learn to survive,”
"“Defense ministers and NATO generals agree that Vladimir Putin could be ready for confrontation with NATO and the EU in 6-8 years,” Kubilius told Reuters."
Defense ministers & NATO generals, you ignorant sluts.
Putin & the Russian Federation is ready NOW.
They're ready NOW because they don't plan on an extended conventional war against NATO, because it's one they could never have won. No, they're going nuclear as soon as conventional engagement proves that out.
BANK ON THAT and plan accordingly – as in, "avoid war, leave them alone."
I agree with all that except the part about not being able to defeat NATO in a conventional war. Yes, Russia could – it's done it before in WWII and earlier. But you're right – they won't bother doing it that way next time.
The EU is an insane asylum. One cannot be too suprised to find many Napoleons walking around in such facilities. While these appointed psychiatric patients (that's democracy for you) wander around dangerously unmedicated in the tranquil garden of Borrell they of course dream of their very own invasions of Russia. All Napoleons do. It's no use telling them they're not Napoleon, they're mad like that and there is no cure. Just keep them sufficiently sedated and isolate them to calm them down whenever they behave aggressively toward the other patients.
I can appreciate that the small Baltic states fear Vlad breathing down their neck. But as Volodin states, they are channeling nuclear war.
What if Russia is ready before then?
It sounds like a long term money laundering operation like the US, and preplanned justification for domestic austerity policy.
That’s an excellent idea. Europe can develop its military, without the US. Europe should defend itself, without the US.
Without Russian energy, Europe will need to make cuts.
Y’all want to mess with the Russian bear?! Holy moly!
I highly encourage you all to read the Prophecies of Nostradamus and the book of Revelations, in the Bible!
Start working on a Peace deal right now! You want a Third World War?! Are you flipping kidding me?!?!?!
I certainly do hope, any, ahem, Powers that be, pay heed!
what’s the excuse for cold war 2.0? ? russia isnt the communist USSR any more. makes me re-evaluate all of the propaganda we were fed during Cold War 1.0.
Maybe, WE are Doomed to Our Fate?!…
I have an excellent plan for a bomb shelter/wine cellar/open bar, with hash and weed, maybe some lovely white powder…
Go out with a bang and not a whimper!!!
SCOTT RITTER: 72 Minutes
Last weekend, the world came very close to nuclear war.
https://consortiumnews.com/2024/09/19/scott-ritter-72-hours/
I listened to his rant on Judge Nap. It's complete bullshit. He simply went on a rant as he's wont to do occasionally when he over-thinks something.
Gilbert Doctorow shot it down pretty thoroughly on Judge Nap the other day.
How is Gilbert Doctorow any closer to reality? I have no deep fondness or reverence for Ritter, but this has been reported on by more than Ritter.
Blinken pushed for missiles deep inside Russia. The pentagon stopped it.
Stop trying to destroy Russia to steal their resources.
Does global hyperinflation roughly transition into nuclear war?
Europe's mineral resources and industrial production are insufficient to sustain the effort. The euro will soon achieve the persona non grata status as the USD among BRICS nations.
The NATO bloc will "initiate" this program resulting in hyperinflation and widespread penury. That's how mass depopulation with an additional mRNA vaccine regimen for a nonpandemic is engineered.
Andrius Kubilius is deceptive and an idiot.
The NATO/WEF 2030 scheme is but a pipedream. The odds of a nuclear exchange occurring within three months are beyond most individuals' comprehension.
"…mRNA SERUM regimen…"
Let's not credit that useless Moderna et. al. s**t with elevation to "vaccine" status.
It just insults vaccines that actually went through a vetted review process and ACTUALLY confer high-% immunity and/or transmission prevention. None of which the "jabs" actually did.
Apparently, there’s some danger even from regular vaccines. I, ah, don’t oppose normal vaccines, but I am surprised by the danger.
Injecting any foreign substance into a human body creates risks of reactions and side effects. Vaccines can trigger auto-immune disorders like Guillain-Barre Syndrome, for example, or just increase their attacks on the body.
It’s really just a matter of weighing the risks as best you can, and making the best decision you can … if you’re allowed to do so rather than being forced to accept the injection.
When I was guinea-pigging for the (non-mRNA) Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, I developed De Quervain tenosynovitis in my right hand after the first shot and it got worse after the second — then slowly got better (I wore a brace for a little while, and also switched permanently to an “ergonomic” computer mouse. I assumed that was a side effect, my boosted immune system attacking a weak point in my body, and reported it as such.
I don’t know enough about the technology. I spent months learning about viral vector and mRNA tech, but that one is a bit different.
Thankfully, no one has jabbed me yet, that I know of.
I opted for the mRNA vaccin. Three times. I am only still alive today because I have no heart.
We are such a disgusting species….Maybe a world reset would be a good thing.
The death cult expands to Europe and the USA soil. Is this part of the human culling agenda because there's too many people? There's too many people, but nuclear war will not only cull humanity, it will also destroy nature and create unknown consequences never imagined. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781832/
This is another example of what Andrei Martyanov talks about daily on his blog: the ignorance of politicians who know nothing about war and how to fight it. This clown has a Physics degree from Vilnius University – that's about the extent of his knowledge. He worked as a research assistant. It's unclear how he transitioned from that to politics. Basically he's just another European political hack.
i.e., his opinion means less than nothing.
After getting Ukraine and reuniting Transnistria, we’ll create a buffer zone in Finland. No more encroachment.
No need to wait 6-8 years. We are ready now.
NATO is going down.
The Lithuanian army plus 4.00$ will get you a cup of coffee..
https://tass.com/politics/1845911
Russia wants no nuclear war — Lavrov
The foreign minister still assured that Russia possesses weapons "that will have serious implications for the handlers of the Ukrainian regime"
© Sergey Fadeichev/TASS
MOSCOW, September 20. /TASS/. Russia does not want any nuclear war and believes that the conversations about when to press the "red button" are inappropriate, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Sky News Arabia television channel.
"We talk about red lines, expecting that our assessments, and statements will be heard by intelligent, decision-making people. It is not serious to say that if tomorrow you do not do what I demand of you, we will press the 'red button,'" the Russian foreign minister said.
"I am convinced that in such situations, decision-makers have an idea of what we are talking about. Nobody wants a nuclear war," Lavrov stressed.
However, the foreign minister assured that Russia possesses weapons "that will have serious implications for the handlers of the Ukrainian regime."
"[Russia] does have such weapons. They are in full combat readiness," he emphasized."
I'm convinced some US policymakers do. Are Joe Biden and Lloyd Austin among the WEF depopulation stalwarts?
Over a million casualties in Gaza, the West Bank, Ukraine, and Russia.
Spoken by a person who foams at the mouth when the subject of Russia comes up. NATO is a disease.
Translation: The Mouse roars.
https://www.rt.com/russia/604437-russia-hit-ship-weapons-ukraine/
Russia hits ship carrying Western weapons to Ukraine – Moscow
A dry cargo carrier delivering missiles and ammunition to Kiev was struck, the Defense Ministry has claimed
It's the mark of a superior military that can sink ships, derail trains, and down aircraft that carry Storm Shadow and JSSAM missiles to Ukraine. Routine work by the Russian MoD without declaring war against NATO.
When is a "commodity-laden" ship not so?
6-8 years???
But I am angry now!!
What if I am in a rush to start a war?
It seems the only thing they plan for is always wars and nothing else.
In 6 years, Ukraine will be a forgotten smug mark on the plains of Eastern Europe.