Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, delivered a stark warning in Berlin, cautioning that Russia could attack a NATO member within five years and urging allies to rapidly increase defense efforts and spending.Rutte emphasized that the alliance is Russia's "next target" and that strengthening Ukraine is critical to deter Vladimir Putin, while Russia, via Sergei Lavrov, simultaneously outlined two "red lines" that could trigger a wider conflict: deploying European troops in Ukraine or seizing Russian assets.Amid these heightened tensions, security experts fear that mistrust could lead to accidental escalations, further complicated by
Donald Trump's remarks describing Europe as a "rotten continent of weak countries".