Putin's IBS<p>👀 The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> magazine <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Stern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stern</span></a> urges people to prepare for war:</p><p>"Would you go fight for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>? None of us wants war, but we must prepare for it now."</p><p>In addition, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> announced its intention to increase the size of its armed forces from 160,000 to 200,000 troops, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a> from 74,000 to 200,000, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> from 200,000 to 300,000.</p><p>A number of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> countries are also increasing their defence budgets. It seems that <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> is indeed preparing for a potential war.</p>