According to him, the budget is deflated annually by € 1.5-2 billion. Additional funds will be directed primarily to the ground forces, the protection of the eastern border and the air defense system.
“We have no time for thought,” Orpo emphasized.
The prime minister added that he does not support financing of expenses by raising taxes or budget reduction.
Previously tHe Wall Street Journal wrote that Russians They are being built in Petrozavodsk (160 km from the border with Finland) headquarterswho will control tens of thousands of military personnel over the next few years. According to Western intelligence officers, these military should become the basis of the Russian army, which is being prepared for a clash with NATO.
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In recent years, the political and military leadership of European countries has repeatedly stated the threat of Russia's attack. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius believes that Russia may attack NATO in 2029, the same opinion The head of German intelligence Bruno Cal expressed. According to him, the Russian Federation considers Germany as an enemy.
About the threat of Russia Olaf Sholts also stated when he was a Chancellor of Germany. That is why, according to him, Germany and other allies decided to transfer additional units to the Baltic countries and place a brigade there on an ongoing basis. According to the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Norway, Eirik Christophersen, to prepare for a probable war with Russia NATO has two to three years.
March 18, 2024, Answering the question of whether a full -scale conflict between the Russian Federation and the Alliance is possible, the illegitimate president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin not rejected his probabilities and said that It will be “in one step from the full -scale third world war.”
After a meeting with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the United States on September 27, the elected US President Donald Trump (at that time was only a candidate) said that it was the war in Ukraine that could supposedly develop into the Third World.
Zelensky repeats from the beginning of a full -scale war that if Ukraine does not stand in the war with Russia, then the Russian Federation can attack Poland and the Baltic countriesand also destabilize the Balkans.
