Czech army chief: Russia could test NATO unity with a partial attack
Miroslav Hlavac, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech army, believes Russia could test the cohesion of a NATO member state by attacking part of its territory.
Miroslav Hlavac, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech armed forces, considers it possible that Russia could try to test the unity of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Western military alliance. In his assessment, this could take the form of a partial attack on the territory of a member state.
The report by the Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda gives only this assessment. The source does not say which country Russia might target, under what circumstances this could happen, or when the remark was made.
Hlavac's comments reflect concern about the alliance's cohesion. NATO is founded on collective defence, so an attack on one member would concern the whole alliance. A partial attack, in his view, could serve as a test of how united the members would be in responding.
