Romania does not believe Russia plans to attack NATO, defense minister says

Romania’s defense minister says Bucharest does not believe Russia currently intends to attack a NATO member, despite renewed debate over risks to the alliance’s eastern flank.

Radu Miruță told Digi24 that Romania had no information indicating preparations for such an attack. He said other NATO allies shared the assessment. “I do not believe there is any intention for Russia to attack any NATO member country,” he said.

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I do not believe there is any intention for Russia to attack any NATO member country.

According to the Kyiv Independent, Miruță said Romania and its allies exchange information and base their judgments on shared analyses. “There is no indication of an attack threat today,” he said, referring to the current assessment.

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There is no indication of an attack threat today.

The comments came amid discussion of a possible Russian threat to NATO’s eastern flank, following CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow. Romania shares a border of more than 600 kilometers with Ukraine and has faced several war-related incidents in recent years, including drones falling on its territory.

Miruță also said the war in Ukraine appeared to have reached a stalemate along the entire front line. At the same time, Ukraine has warned that Russia could prepare a new mobilization after September’s parliamentary elections. Western intelligence agencies have also raised the possibility of hostile provocations in the Baltic states or Poland, including cyberattacks, sabotage, airspace violations and other hybrid operations that Kyiv Independent said had previously been associated with Moscow.

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For the moment, the situation appears to have become a stalemate along the entire front line.