Europe ‘already planning’ for ‘unthinkable’ Russian invasion if certain Trump and Putin peace deal is reached

Trump suggested the US take control of Ukraine’s power plants (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The BBC reported that European defence strategists theorize Russia is planning for the ‘unthinkable’; after making gains in Ukraine, it could rebuild its army and threaten NATO’s eastern members, like Baltic states, within three years or less.

A report from the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (DDIS) released in February offered up one of three scenarios that could play out should the conflict in Ukraine stop.

This is assuming that Russia ‘does not have the capacity to wage war with multiple countries at the same time’, Politico reports.

Within six months, the report suggests, Russia ‘would be able to wage a local war with a bordering country’.

Ceasefire talks will continue in Saudi Arabia on Sunday (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Within two years, it could ‘launch a regional war in the Baltic Sea region’.

And in five years, ‘it could launch a large-scale attack on Europe, provided the US does not get involved’.

DDIS did not, however, factor in any possible increase in NATO defense capabilities.

DDIS’ report explained: “Russia is likely to be more willing to use military force in a regional war against one or more European NATO countries if it perceives NATO as militarily weakened or politically divided.”

It continued: “This is particularly true if Russia assesses that the US cannot or will not support the European NATO countries in a war with Russia.”