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Russian President Vladimir Putin has been discussing attacks on NATO, one official said(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\nEU defence chief Andrius Kubilius said the continent should be prepared to defend itself from Russia and take a leaf out of Ukraine’s book when it comes to drones<\/p>\n
22:00, 06 Oct 2025Updated 22:41, 06 Oct 2025<\/p>\n
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been discussing attacks on NATO, one official said(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
German intelligence has uncovered evidence that the Kremlin is discussing an attack on NATO<\/a>, a top EU defence official has claimed.<\/p>\n European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius said the continent should be ready to defend itself from Russia<\/a> and take a leaf out of Ukraine’s book when it comes to drones.<\/p>\n In an interview with Polish daily, Wyborcza <\/a>he warned: \u201cI trust the secret services. And German <\/a>intelligence claims it has evidence that the Kremlin is discussing an attack on NATO. And if they’re discussing it, are they planning an attack?<\/p>\n \u201cWe don’t know. But such signals must be taken deadly seriously. They may indeed be ready for war. We must also be ready for it and learn not only from the experiences of the Ukrainians, but also from the Russians.”<\/p>\n The news comes at a time of heightened tensions between Russia and the West with Putin and Trump trading accusations that both Nato and Russia are \u201cpaper tigers\u201d on Thursday.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Horror words of Israeli troops in Gaza as they fight on even as ceasefire looms<\/a>READ MORE: Robert Jenrick slammed over comment about not seeing ‘another white face’ in Birmingham area<\/a> He accused NATO allies of whipping up hysteria about a possible attack on a member state and accused the alliance of supplying Ukraine<\/a> with weapons, intelligence and training, the Express<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n “If anyone still has a desire to compete with us in the military sphere, as we say, feel free, let them try. Russia’s countermeasures will not be long in coming,” the Russian dictator added.<\/p>\n Before Putin made his remarks Trump addressed a meeting of US generals and admirals, saying of Russia’s war with Ukraine: “You\u2019re four years fighting a war that should have taken a week. Are you a paper tiger?”<\/p>\n Alongside the war of words there have been a growing number of intrusions into NATO countries’ airspace, which some blame on Russia.<\/p>\n Some experts have said it could be Moscow testing NATO\u2019s response.<\/p>\n On September 10, a swarm of Russian drones flew into Poland’s airspace, forcing NATO aircraft to scramble to intercept and shoot down some of the devices.<\/p>\n The incident marked the first direct encounter between NATO and Russia since Putin declared war on Ukraine on February 24, 2022.<\/p>\n A few days later three Russian warplanes were escorted out of Estonia\u2019s airspace by NATO jets, meanwhile flyovers have been reported near airports, military installations and critical infrastructure elsewhere on the continent.<\/p>\n Russia has denied any intentional wrongdoing or that it was involved in the incidents, with details scanty as European authorities refrain from releasing detailed accounts of the drone incursions, with some not acknowledging the overflights publicly until days later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EU defence chief Andrius Kubilius said the continent should be prepared to defend itself from Russia and take…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2821,12,657,333,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-479482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-nato","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-ukraine","11":"tag-vladimir-putin","12":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115330701538989366","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Andrius](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0_Warsaw-Security-Forum-2025.jpg\")
Andrius Kubilius European Commissioner for Defence and Space said the continent should be ready to defend itself(Image: NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/p>\n