NATO admits Russia produces ammunition in 3 months that the alliance does in a year

According to RIA Novosti, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in an interview with the New York Times on July 5 that Russia produces three times more ammunition in just three months, while NATO produces that amount in one year.

"We are facing a huge geopolitical challenge. And first of all, we are talking about Russia - a country that is recovering with unprecedented speed and productivity in modern history. They are now producing three times more ammunition in just three months than the entire NATO in one year," the NATO Secretary General shared.

Mr. Mark Rutte noted that NATO does not have the capacity to produce weapons that would allow the alliance to contain Russia, North Korea and “anyone else.” He stressed that the military bloc needs to develop a defense industrial base and spend money on cyber and hybrid threats.

At the same time, the NATO Secretary General admitted that because of such a step, the members of the alliance will have to face huge costs, but it is necessary in the face of the “threat from Russia”.

Moscow has repeatedly stressed that Russia will not attack NATO member states. President Vladimir Putin explained that Western politicians often threaten their people with an “imaginary threat from Moscow” to distract attention from internal problems, but “sober people understand perfectly well that this is a falsification.”

According to Moscow, it is the alliance that has launched unprecedented military activities near Russia's borders in recent years.