Kaja Kallas warns that the EU must accelerate its military preparations as threats from Russia intensify.

The European Union must accelerate its defense preparations, as threats to Europe are intensifying, warned Kaja Kallas, the head of European diplomacy. She considers the objective of achieving military readiness by 2030 to be too distant, given that Russia continues to escalate and test European limits.

In an interview with the Belgian newspaper Le Soir, Kallas stated that attacks have already reached European territory and that the Union must act more quickly. The European official also criticized the excessive use of the term „hybrid attacks,” which she says is too vague to describe the current situation.

Kallas accused Russia of using people presented as diplomats to recruit criminals involved in acts of sabotage. She proposed forming a group of high-level experts capable of recommending concrete measures to accelerate European defense preparedness.

The initiative was blocked, however, by opposition from some member states, and the launch of the group was canceled. Kallas said that she was not abandoning the objective and would seek alternative solutions to strengthen European defense.