Russia's acts of sabotage against Western targets may eventually prompt NATO to consider invoking the alliance's Article 5 mutual defense clause, the head of Germany's foreign intelligence service said on Wednesday.

German intelligence chief Bruno Kahl says that Moscow's acts of sabotage against Western targets could spur NATO to invoke Article 5 defence clause. #EuropeNews

Germany's foreign intelligence chief warns that Russia's sabotage actions may lead NATO to invoke Article 5, mandating mutual defense. Moscow's hybrid warfare tactics and growing military potential pose increasing threats.

Russia may launch an attack on NATO territory in the coming years, Bruno Kahl, chief of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND), has said. Source: Zeit Online, citing Kahl at the German Council of Foreign Relations in Berlin,

According to Bruno Kahl, the head of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND), Russia might launch an attack on NATO territory in the coming years. Russia is "preparing for war with the West," Kahl asserted in Berlin.

Germany's foreign intelligence chief warns that Russia's use of hybrid tactics against the West could lead NATO to invoke its Article 5 mutual defense clause. Bruno Kahl highlighted the growing risk of direct military confrontation due to Russia's increasing military activities.

Russia's extensive use of hybrid measures against western targets increases the risk that NATO may eventually consider invoking the alliance's Article 5 mutual defence clause, the head of Germany's foreign intelligence service said.