The NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin's attempt to attack the Alliance countries will result in a devastating defeat for Russia. According to TSN. This was reported by Kontrakty.UA.
He made this remark during a press conference ahead of the "Ramstein" meeting in Brussels, which was broadcasted by Sky News.
Rutte indicated that NATO takes reports about the Kremlin's aggressive intentions, received from various European intelligence agencies, seriously, but the Alliance has strong capabilities to respond.
“If Putin attacks NATO, the response will be devastating — he will lose,” he asserted.
The NATO Secretary General emphasized that the Alliance's defense potential is sufficiently powerful to render any attempts at aggression by Russia futile.
“Let [Putin] not try — he knows this,” Mark Rutte added.
It is worth noting that in a new threat assessment conducted by the Danish military intelligence, it is stated that in approximately two years, Russia could pose a "real threat" to at least one NATO country if Alliance members do not begin rearming immediately.