The head of the Ministry of Defense (MO) of Germany, Christine Lambrecht, appreciated the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin to transfer the Russian deterrence forces to a special duty regime. In an interview with the ARD TV channel, she called the statement of the Russian leader a threat, reports RIA News.
NATO will agree on a common response so that it does not contribute to the escalation, said the head of the German department.
“Such statements must be taken seriously. We have watched the announcement with concern. Now it is up to NATO to discuss how to respond to this so as not to contribute to the escalation. Now it’s about keeping a cool head in this very, very difficult situation,” Lambrecht said.
When asked whether NATO should prepare its nuclear arsenal, the minister noted that “this is a threat, you need to take what Putin says seriously.” At the same time, she urged to prepare for the reaction “with a cool head.”
Earlier, Vladimir Putin, at a meeting in the Kremlin with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (AF) Valery Gerasimov, gave the order to transfer the Russian deterrence forces to a special duty regime. The President noted that NATO countries allow aggressive statements against the Russian side.
On February 24, Vladimir Putin addressed the Russians, in which he announced the start of a special military operation to protect Donbass. The head of state indicated that its goal is to protect people from bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime, demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, and bring to justice those who committed numerous bloody crimes against civilians, including Russian citizens.
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