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[–] 10 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

In Germany too, there is an advertisement campaign in my area.

It's interesting it's coming out a bit everywhere at once: are the people in charge assuming a conflict is imminent?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Russia is intensifying its attacks on Europe. Drones at airports and other infrastructure are becoming more and more common. If Ukraine continues to push at their current rate Putin may get desperate to save face and he may try to make it so it doesn't look like he was defeated by Ukraine. He would provoke a NATO response so he could tell Russians that he was right and NATO was always against them.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    It makes sense why Europe is on edge right now. Russia has been pushing boundaries and testing limits for decades, using a mix of targeted attacks, plausible deniability, and disruption to keep everyone off balance.

    ​You see it everywhere when you look at the pattern. There are high-profile poisonings on European soil, from Litvinenko in London to the Skripals in Salisbury. Then you have the constant issues in the Baltic and North Seas: severed fiber optic cables, damaged gas pipelines, and "shadow fleet" ships conveniently dragging anchors over critical subsea infrastructure so Moscow can just blame an incompetent captain or bad luck.

    ​Throw in widespread GPS jamming that messes with commercial flights, constant cyberattacks, and targeted disinformation and it is pretty obvious what is going on. It is a deliberate strategy to stir up chaos, test infrastructure, and pressure NATO just enough without actually stepping over the line into direct military conflict. IMO Europe’s anxiety isn't paranoia it's just a realistic response to a long pattern of provocations.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    War is unlikely, but a fuel and/or economic crisis is very likely, particularly for Germany. The old fuel source was Russia, which got disrupted due to the Ukraine War and the Nordstream attacks. The alternative was oil from the Middle East, but that's also blocked now. And Germany shut down most of its nuclear plants following Fukushima.

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