Russia Is Preparing for an All-out War With NATO to Happen Sooner Than Originally Believed: ISW

Russian President Vladimir Putin's focus on reviving the Russian economy isn't just about funding the country's war on Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War says.

"Several Russian financial, economic, and military indicators suggest that Russia is preparing for a large-scale conventional conflict with NATO, not imminently but likely on a shorter timeline than what some Western analysts have initially posited," the ISW wrote in a report on Wednesday.

The think tank cited a meeting Putin held with the Russian Duma on Tuesday, just days after the Russian leader claimed a landslide victory in his fifth presidential election on Sunday.

...This isn't the first time analysts have said a war between Russia and NATO could be imminent.

Estonia's foreign-intelligence service said in a report last month that Russia was preparing for a "confrontation with the West."

"Russia has chosen a path which is a long-term confrontation," the agency's chief, Kaupo Rosin, told journalists at the report's launch, according to Reuters. "The Kremlin is probably anticipating a possible conflict with NATO within the next decade or so."

🔗SOURCE ➡️ Business Insider India

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