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Posted on November 7, 2025
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Add as preferred source on GoogleGerman General Breuer warns Russia against underestimating NATO, emphasizing the importance of lessons from the Ukraine conflict.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Russia must never come to the assumption that it can win a war against NATO or one of the alliance's members, Germany's Chief of Defence Carsten Breuer warned in a speech to the country's top military brass in Berlin on Friday.
"We need to look into the lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, adapt them for ourselves and develop our own concepts and structures accordingly because the war in Ukraine is our teacher," Breuer said, adding that Moscow expected a quick win when it invaded its neighbour in 2022.
"We must prevent Russia from another miscalculation like this. Russia must never come to the assumption that it can win a war against NATO or a single NATO country."
(Reporting by Sabine Siebold, Editing by Miranda Murray)
NATO, or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military alliance established in 1949 for mutual defense against aggression. It consists of 30 member countries from North America and Europe.
A miscalculation in military terms refers to an error in judgment regarding the capabilities or intentions of an adversary, which can lead to unintended consequences or escalation of conflict.
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