NATO calls on civilians in West to prepare for "all-out war" with Russia

Rob Bauer, Chair of the NATO Military Committee, has warned that civilians in the West should prepare for "all-out war" with Russia. 

Source: SkyNews with reference to Bauer's statement 

Quote: "We have to realise it's not a given that we are in peace. And that's why we have the plans. That’s why we [NATO forces] are preparing for a conflict with Russia." 

"But the discussion is much wider. It is also the industrial base and also the people that have to understand they play a role." 

Details: Admiral Bauer believes Sweden did the right thing by urging its population to prepare for war earlier this month. 

Quote: "It starts there. The realisation that not everything is plannable and not everything is going to be hunky dory in the next 20 years." 

Background: His warning came on the eve of the start of NATO's largest exercise since the Cold War, in which the alliance is practising repelling an invasion by Russian forces.

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