For the first time, Germany has adopted a military strategy. Russia is named as the main threat in it, and a course towards creating the strongest army in Europe has been announced, DW reports.

The German military strategy and plan for the development of the armed forces were presented by Defense Minister Pistorius. The details are classified, but Pistorius spoke about the threat from Russia under Putin’s leadership.

“Russia, through rearmament, is preparing for a military confrontation with NATO and views the use of military force as a legitimate tool for advancing its interests,” said the German minister.

According to the presented concept, at least 460,000 German soldiers, together with their allies, should be able to resist a possible attack from Russia.

The document states that Moscow “is creating the prerequisites for a military attack on NATO countries” and is already conducting hybrid operations against them, including against Germany. Russia perceives the West as fundamentally hostile, seeks to undermine the unity of the alliance, separate the US from Europe, collapse NATO, and expand its sphere of influence.

“We are transforming the Bundeswehr into the strongest conventional army in Europe. In the short term, we are enhancing our defense capability, in the medium term – striving for a significant increase in capacity, and in the long term – ensuring technological superiority,” said Pistorius.

It should be noted that the Ukrainian army currently has twice as many soldiers as the planned German one.

Also, Zelensky has repeatedly proposed to Europe to use the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a base for European defense.

However, judging by the German strategy, Berlin sees not the Ukrainian, but its own army as key in the EU.

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So Germany, a country whose economy is stagnant where factories are shutting down left snd right, is going to rearm for an imaginary war with Russia. The polling suggests that the German citizenry is mostly opposed to this, and once cuts to social services kick in (Germans are very used to the government providing a generous safety net) this will only accelerate. AfD will most likely see their support grow.