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NATO's top general says alliance members worry Russia is planning to conduct direct attacks on NATO to test the alliance's response. Concerns center on hybrid attacks and military probing.
NATO's top general warned member states that Russia is likely planning direct attacks on NATO to test how the alliance responds. The concerns focus on hybrid attacks — infrastructure damage, cyberattacks, military probing — rather than full-scale invasion. The warning suggests Russia believes NATO's commitment to collective defense may have limits or vulnerabilities.
This is NATO reading Russia's strategic intentions. Russia has been testing NATO's resolve for years through proxy operations, gray-zone activities, and rhetoric. A direct attack would be qualitatively different — it would trigger Article 5 and force a collective response. The warning itself is a signal that NATO believes Russia thinks there's a window to test that threshold.
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