- This week, a senior propagandist for the Kremlin issued a dire warning, urging the US to cede its military sites in Europe to Russia.
- In a video that the Eastern European news source Nexta posted on X, Solovyov advocated for Moscow to seize American bases located in Germany, Italy, and Portugal.
- He said during Evening with Vladimir Solovyov: “I believe that all American occupation troops should be withdrawn from Europe, and Russian military bases should be located deep from the territory of the Russian Federation.
- The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is reportedly getting ready for a “future large-scale war” with NATO at this time.
- The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank claims that earlier this month, Putin “threatened Finland and the wider NATO alliance” on Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1.
- As part of a long-term restructuring and expansion effort to get Russia ready for a potential future large-scale conventional war against NATO, the Russian military is currently redividing the Western Military District (WMD) to reform the Leningrad Military District (LMD) and the Moscow Military District (MMD), according to an update from the ISW.
- Meanwhile, Biden claimed earlier this month that Russia would be willing to attack NATO if it won its war in Ukraine.
- But Putin poured cold water on Biden’s claim, arguing Russia has “no interest” in attacking NATO.