Russia considered a nuclear attack on Germany shortly before the invasion of Ukraine
A few weeks before Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine , the scenarios of a nuclear attack on Germany were probably discussed within the Russian military. As “Spiegel” reports, citing security circles, Western intelligence services intercepted radio messages from the Russian Navy during a maneuver in the Baltic Sea at the end of last year. As a result, there was talk of nuclear strikes against Germany, with three objectives named:
- Berlin, seat of the German government, to decapitate the chain of command;
- the US air base in Ramstein, one of the largest in Europe;
- the Büchel air base, where the US army stores nuclear bombs on German soil.
According to the report, the security experts who analyzed the texts of the messages of the Russians there are two possibilities of interpretation: on the one hand, it is thought that it is normal for the use of nuclear weapons to be discussed and trained in a military exercise – this also happened during NATO maneuvers. There need not be any real danger associated with it. Other experts believe it possible that the Russians, knowing they were intercepted, deliberately named targets to intimidate and fuel fear in the West, carrying out a disinformation operation in the most classic Russian style.
Obviously it is not easy to understand which of the two hypotheses is the right one. At the same time, Germany would certainly be the first target of a theoretical Russian attack, due to its industrial weight, its bases on its territory and its political fragility. Only the threat of an atomic attack can influence a government where the SPD traditionally has a strong pro-Russian component.
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