22 April 2026 10:22<\/p>\n
The Netherlands\u2019 Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) has stated that Russia could restore sufficient military capability to engage in a regional conflict with NATO within one year after the end of hostilities in Ukraine, according to its 2025 annual <\/a>report<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Dutch intelligence service assesses that Russia is already taking concrete steps to prepare for a possible confrontation with the North Atlantic Alliance.<\/p>\n These actions, the report suggests, may be aimed at creating political divisions through \u201climited territorial gains.\u201d<\/p>\n As long as the war in Ukraine continues, a direct military confrontation between Russia and NATO remains highly unlikely, MIVD notes.<\/p>\n However, it warns that international arms control mechanisms and communication channels\u2014previously effective in reducing tensions\u2014are weakening.<\/p>\n Discussions in Europe about a potential Russia\u2013NATO conflict intensified in mid-2025.<\/p>\n NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has suggested that hostilities could begin within five years.<\/p>\n Russian officials, however, have repeatedly rejected such claims.<\/p>\n President Vladimir Putin has said Russia poses no threat to European countries and has no intention of attacking anyone.<\/p>\n By Bakhtiyar Abbasov<\/p>\n Caliber.Az<\/p>\n Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n Views: 102<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"22 April 2026 10:22 The Netherlands\u2019 Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) has stated that Russia could restore…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4388,4129,4393,4389,4392,4387,4391,6,4390,4386],"class_list":{"0":"post-4858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-netherlands","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","12":"tag-international-experts","13":"tag-interviews","14":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","15":"tag-netherlands","16":"tag-news-from-baku","17":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}