A group of German intelligence officials warned the Bundestag against Russia's "aggressive actions," with the conflict having the potential to spill out into NATO countries.
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00:00Russia could carry out an attack against NATO by the end of the decade, cautioned the head
00:07of Germany's foreign intelligence agency.
00:11Bruno Karl delivered the stark warning at a meeting attended by the country's leading
00:16espionage chiefs at the Bundestag.
00:19Whether we want it or not, we are in a direct confrontation with Russia and Putin has long
00:27anticipated the enemy's declaration against us.
00:30Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov refuted the remarks, saying it is illogical for Moscow
00:36to move against the alliance.
00:38In June, Germany's interior minister, Nancy Faeser, said the country's security situation
00:43was tense.
00:45At the time, she said that Russia's war in Ukraine continues to call European peace and
00:50order into question and that Russia, among other countries, uses intelligence services
00:55to spy on Germany.