"NATO-Russia Tensions: Media Claims and War Game Scenarios"

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed a leaked German plan outlining a potential Russian hybrid assault on NATO’s eastern flank as comparable to "last year's horoscope." The plan suggests Russia might launch hybrid assaults on European countries in the summer of 2024 and start a full-scale war in the summer of 2025, with Germany considering it possible that Russia might launch a new offensive in Ukraine in the spring. Russia denies these claims and has previously referred to its war against Ukraine as a "special military operation."