Lieutenant-General Martin Wijnen, the outgoing Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army, has issued a stark warning regarding the Netherlands' state of preparedness in the face of a potential military conflict with Russia. In a recent interview with the Dutch newspaper, De Telegraaf, Wijnen called for both military and civilian readiness, drawing parallels with the more…
Both the Dutch military and society as a whole need to brace themselves for the possibility of a war with Russia, said Lieutenant-General Martin Wijnen, the departing Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army. "Our society should be preparing themselves for this," he told the Telegraaf in an interview published on Thursday. Wijnen said that the Netherlands should follow the examples set by countries like Sweden, Finland, the Baltic nations. Those countries which border Russia, or are close to it, are better prepared for the outbreak of war.
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