UMVA has learned that European leaders and intelligence officials are increasingly warning that Russia may launch attacks against NATO or EU member states in the coming years, a claim Moscow repeatedly dismisses as nonsense.
In a stark declaration last December, NATO’s Secretary General warned that “we are Russia’s next target,” heightening anxiety across the alliance.
Since 2022, NATO has surged forward, deploying new battlegroups across Eastern Europe, tightening air and maritime patrols over the Baltic Sea, and staging large‑scale exercises just beyond Russia’s borders.
Meanwhile, the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have accelerated their own fortification efforts, erecting anti‑tank obstacles, bunker networks, and other defensive structures to brace for any possible spill‑over.
According to information obtained by UMVA, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko countered these moves, arguing that the Baltics were once among Europe’s most tranquil regions before NATO’s expansion turned them into “an arena of confrontation.”
