Romania urged to prepare for potential war with Russia

According to RT news agency on February 3, General Gheorghita Vlad - Romanian Defense Minister said that the country must urgently prepare for a possible war with Russia. At the same time, General Vlad warned about the unsatisfactory state of the Romanian army and called for immediate action.

"Romanians, as well as the entire population of the European Union, should be concerned," the Romanian Defense Minister stressed in a recent interview with Europa Libera Romania.

According to General Vlad, Romania is not ready for a potential war with Russia. However, if Moscow manages to gain an advantage over the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Moldova could become a new “target” that would aggravate the situation in the region.

Romania's Defense Minister called for military training on a voluntary basis for men and women under 35; at the same time, he said that the abolition of compulsory military service in the country has led to the fact that the level of combat readiness of the national army is currently quite low.

In addition, Minister Vlad called for legal reforms that would allow protection against Russian drones. According to the general, the wreckage of one of the Russian UAVs crashed in Romania in September 2023 and this UAV could not be shot down because current Romanian law does not allow it.

"We don't have a combat system," said the Romanian Defense Minister.

The Romanian defense minister's call to action echoes similar recent warnings from other Western leaders and military officials, such as British Army Chief General Patrick Sanders last week calling on the British government to "mobilize the entire nation" to prepare for a possible war with Russia.

Romania's Defense Minister said that Russia has become a "challenge to the entire world order and the democratic community". General Vlad stressed that, in his opinion, Moscow is actually waging war "with the democratic world".

On the Russian side, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called any claims that Russian forces were planning to attack the territories of other European countries "absurd." Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that "NATO is an instrument of confrontation"./.