Köppel on NATO attack fears Cites Lithuania’s premier

Sep 29

Köppel reports Lithuania’s unnamed prime minister saying after meeting Mark Rutte in Brussels that there is no real evidence Russia is preparing an attack on NATO territory. He uses that statement to dispute warnings of an imminent Russian attack, accuses German politicians Agnes Strack-Zimmermann and Roderich Kiesewetter of spreading lies and argues the remark is especially striking given Baltic hostility toward Russia and traumatic Soviet-era experiences. The accusations and historical-political characterization are his commentary. The passage supplies neither a date nor proof that every future Russian threat is absent.

After meeting Mark Rutte in Brussels, Lithuania’s prime minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius says there is no real evidence that Russia is preparing an imminent attack on NATO, as reported by Köppel. Köppel interprets this as contradicting imminent-attack warnings and accuses German politicians, naming Agnes Strack-Zimmermann and Roderich Kiesewetter, of spreading lies. Those accusations and his characterization of Baltic attitudes are commentary, not findings established by the statement. The assessment concerns evidence of an imminent attack, not a guarantee against all future risk.