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Pjotr Sauer in Kyiv

Russia could attack a Nato country within months, Danish intelligence says

Denmark's defence minister and intelligence chief stand at tables during a press conference, as a general stands nearby.
Left to right: Thomas Ahrenkiel, the head of the Danish defence intelligence service; Jeppe Bruus, the defence minister, and Michael Hyldgaard, the chief of defence, at the release of the intelligence report in Copenhagen. Photograph: Ida Marie Odgaard/Reuters

Russia could launch a limited military attack against a Nato country in the coming months, Danish intelligence said, in one of the starkest warnings yet by western security services.

In a report published on Thursday, the Danish defence intelligence service warned of a “low but growing risk” that Russia could launch long-range strikes on Nato infrastructure supporting Ukraine, or carry out a limited incursion into a neighbouring country with a small number of troops, potentially operating without insignia.

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