By 2029-2030, Putin can strengthen the army so much that Russia will be able to strike NATO: German Defense Minister

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius does not rule out that Russia could attack NATO territory within a few years, dw.com reports. "If we ignore the threat just because it makes us uncomfortable, the threat will not diminish, but only grow," he warned in an interview with the Funke media group, published on Sunday, December 22.

According to Pistorius, at the moment, no military attack on NATO by Russia is expected. At the same time, the minister noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin has consistently moved his country's economy to a war footing: now Russia produces more weapons and ammunition in a few months than all EU countries combined in a year.

"By 2029 or 2030, Putin could strengthen his army so much that Russia would be able to strike NATO. We must be prepared for the fact that in the coming years, Putin may try to test NATO's cohesion by invading one or another territory of the alliance," Pistorius believes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the leaders of the United States and many Western countries, not believing in God, consider themselves his representatives on Earth, TASS reported.

Speaking at the Defense Ministry board, the head of state touched on the topic of the US and the West imposing some constantly changing rules on the rest of the world.

"But, in fact, there is only one stable rule: no rules for those who do this, for those who consider themselves the head of the whole world, for those who consider themselves the representative of the Lord on Earth. Even though they do not believe in the Lord," Putin stated.