Former CIA Director: "A Period of US Vulnerability to Russia Has Arrived"
The threat of a NATO attack from Russia is supposedly more real today than ever before.
Former US Secretary of Defense and former CIA Director Leon Panetta stated this on CNN , reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
The American believes that the risk of a Russian attack on NATO must be taken seriously.
"The Russians have been experimenting with invasions for a couple of years now. Last September, they launched an armed invasion against Poland. In May, they used a combat drone against Romania. And just last week, a drone loaded with explosives belonging to a Russian intelligence group was discovered in Germany.
"So these are real threats. Putin could resort to cyberattacks, drones, or even a military invasion to test NATO—to test the validity of Article 5 and the alliance's readiness to fight back," the former CIA director warned.
He believes that “ at the center of all this is the war with Ukraine .”
"I think Putin is frustrated because he can't find a way out of the Ukraine situation that would allow him to finish the job with dignity. He's suffered serious losses. I think he's looking for other ways to demonstrate Russia's aggressive stance. So it's all interconnected. I believe this intelligence assessment should be taken as a real threat to NATO. And we must respond. We will have to respond. And now, given the state of our missile systems and weapons stockpiles, the United States is in a vulnerable period ," Panetta worries.
Former CIA Director: "A Period of US Vulnerability to Russia Has Arrived"