NATO warns Russia: ‘We will break’ forces, destroy ‘anything and everything’ if you attack

NATO warns Russia: ‘We will break’ forces, destroy ‘anything and everything’ if you attack

NATO’s top military commander warned Monday that what he called the “lethal alliance” would destroy “anything and everything” supporting an attack on allied territory and “break” enemy warfighting systems to thwart any potential future Russian assault.

“Should the adversary choose to press the attack or commit his reserves, we will break the warfighting system engaged against us,” U.S. Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich said at the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland, in an apparent warning to Moscow.

“This includes not just the attacking force itself, but anything and everything that supports, sustains, and controls that force,” he said during a panel titled “Theory of Victory: How Do We Achieve Military Success Against Russia in Deterrence and Defence?” on the first day of the forum.

Grynkewich, NATO’s supreme allied commander in Europe, also outlined a three-pronged strategy of “blocking, blunting and breaking” enemy forces, making clear that while NATO is a defensive alliance, it is prepared to respond decisively to an assault on any of its 32 members.

“If someone is foolish enough to attack us, we will fight,” he said. “We will stop the attack and deny them the ability to achieve their objectives, whatever those might be. We will, in short, ensure any attack, against any ally, proves utterly futile.”

The warning came amid heightened tensions between Russia and Western nations following a series of drone incursions and suspected sabotage operations that European countries have linked to Moscow.

“We stand here together in Poland today stronger than ever united in our common vision of a more balanced, more ready and more lethal alliance,” Grynkewich also said.

European officials have accused Russia of waging a campaign of hybrid warfare involving sabotage, arson and cyberattacks, alongside increasingly provocative military activity near NATO territory.