In a recent warning from Germany’s top intelligence official, Bruno Kahl, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Russian President Vladimir Putin’s long-term geopolitical ambitions have been laid bare. Bruno Kahl stated that Putin is actively seeking to redraw the international order by expelling the United States from Europe and fragmenting NATO. These assertions come at a critical time in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, where the military and strategic tensions between Moscow and the West continue to escalate.

Kahl’s revelations, shared during a briefing with members of the Bundestag on October 14, highlight the Kremlin’s overarching goal: establishing a Russian sphere of influence in Europe while simultaneously diminishing Washington’s influence on the continent. The Federal Intelligence Service (BND) chief emphasized that Putin intends to push NATO’s borders back to their late 1990s configuration, before several Eastern European countries joined the alliance. This aspiration is intertwined with a broader Russian effort to shape a new multipolar world order-one that eschews what Moscow views as US dominance and unilateralism.

According to Kahl, Russia has not only surpassed European nations in terms of military expenditure amid its ongoing conflict with Ukraine, but it has also grown bolder in its approach to NATO. He warned that Moscow is prepared to escalate its confrontation with the West, potentially crossing previously unthinkable red lines. “Direct military confrontation with NATO has become an option for Moscow,” Kahl told lawmakers,........

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