
Russia has a plan to attack NATO's eastern flank after a successful counter-offensive in Ukraine and the Ukrainian military's retreat by June. This is reported by Bild, which writes that it has obtained a "secret document" prepared by the German armed forces in this regard.
The classified document says Russia may launch "cyber attacks and other forms of hybrid warfare" against the Baltics in July. Several unspecified "clashes" would follow, which Moscow would use as a pretext to begin large-scale military exercises on its territory and in Belarus, the German newspaper reported, citing the military document.
The reaction from Moscow was also immediate.
"Bild does not hesitate to write hoaxes, so I would prefer not to comment," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a response to reporters who asked him for a reaction to the German newspaper's article.
The fear of the expansion of the conflict in Ukraine comes at a time when the authorities in Sweden issued the alarm that war could break out in the Nordic country. Army Chief of Staff General Micael Biden called on citizens to voluntarily join defense organizations for a possible armed conflict instigated by Russia.
The fear of the countries that are close to the state led by Vladimir Putin is also increased by the fact that his army has intensified attacks in Ukraine.
"If Kiev uses long-range missiles supplied by the West against launch sites in Russia, Moscow may respond with nuclear weapons. This was announced a few days ago by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.