{"id":32486,"date":"2026-08-08T12:57:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32486"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:57:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:57:45","slug":"putin-could-attack-a-nato-member-country-as-soon-as-this-fall-intel-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32486","title":{"rendered":"Putin could attack a NATO member country as soon as this fall, intel says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Russian President <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_907\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/personalities\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> could attack a NATO member country in the next few years in an attempt to fragment the post-World War II organization and test Article 5, new U.S. intelligence has found, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">While U.S. intelligence had previously assessed that Putin wouldn\u2019t launch an assault on a NATO country while still involved in the war in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_908\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/conflicts\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a>, the Russian president is now looking for a victory as Ukraine makes gains, and the U.S. and Europe have seen increasing signs he is testing the organization, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">That includes a drone that hit a Romanian apartment building in May and cruise missiles that landed in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_909\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poland<\/a> late last month, a NATO country.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_910\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/russia-preparing-hybrid-attacks-natos-eastern-flank-intelligence-warns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RUSSIA PREPARING HYBRID ATTACKS ON NATO&#8217;S EASTERN FLANK, INTELLIGENCE WARNS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/putin-security-council-meeting-moscow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/putin-security-council-meeting-moscow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/putin-security-council-meeting-moscow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/putin-security-council-meeting-moscow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/putin-security-council-meeting-moscow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/putin-security-council-meeting-moscow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/putin-security-council-meeting-moscow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/putin-security-council-meeting-moscow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/putin-security-council-meeting-moscow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Vladimir Putin sits at a desk during a Security Council meeting in Moscow.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a Security Council meeting in Moscow Friday, Aug. 7, 2026.<\/span> <span>(Alexander Kazakov\/Pool Sputnik Kremlin via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Article 5 of NATO states that an attack on one country is an attack on all countries.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The assessment said it would likely be a limited attack that could range anywhere from a cyberattack to a small-scale land incursion and would likely be focused on <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_911\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/the-balkans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Baltics<\/a> or Poland.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The attack could happen any time between this fall and 2029, the assessment said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The question mark is how the United States would respond in that case,&#8221; Heather Conley, senior fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, told the Journal. &#8220;It has always been a goal [of Russia\u2019s] to challenge the credibility of NATO and to separate the United States from its allies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_912\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/two-most-important-american-weapons-systems-nato-eager-have\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT AMERICAN WEAPONS SYSTEMS NATO IS EAGER TO HAVE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The assessment also comes amid claims the United States\u2019 munitions stockpile has been depleted by arms sent to support Ukraine and due to <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_913\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trumps-60-day-iran-deal-reaches-halfway-mark-ceasefire-collapses-escalating-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the war in Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell, however, called those claims false.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/russian-drone-strike-galati-romania.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/russian-drone-strike-galati-romania.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/russian-drone-strike-galati-romania.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/russian-drone-strike-galati-romania.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/russian-drone-strike-galati-romania.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/russian-drone-strike-galati-romania.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/russian-drone-strike-galati-romania.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/russian-drone-strike-galati-romania.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/russian-drone-strike-galati-romania.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Police and forensic investigators examine damage at an apartment building struck by a Russian drone.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Police and forensic investigators examine the location of impact after a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galati, Romania, May 29, 2026.<\/span> <span>(AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We have everything required to strike at the time and place of the president\u2019s choosing,&#8221; Parnell told the Journal. &#8220;Across multiple combatant commands, we have already executed successful operations while maintaining a deep, ready arsenal to defend our people and our interests. Any adversary who confuses media noise with American weakness will discover the truth the hard way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A land incursion was deemed the least likely because it would trigger Article 5, but it\u2019s unclear what the response would be to something like a cyberattack.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_world_article_main-content_article-body_6_914\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/report-warns-russia-using-shadow-fleet-probe-nato-drone-defenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>REPORT WARNS RUSSIA USING SHADOW FLEET TO PROBE NATO DRONE DEFENSES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/polish-army-crater-tarnawa-kolonia.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/polish-army-crater-tarnawa-kolonia.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/polish-army-crater-tarnawa-kolonia.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/polish-army-crater-tarnawa-kolonia.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/polish-army-crater-tarnawa-kolonia.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/polish-army-crater-tarnawa-kolonia.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/polish-army-crater-tarnawa-kolonia.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/polish-army-crater-tarnawa-kolonia.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/polish-army-crater-tarnawa-kolonia.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Polish army secures a large crater in Tarnawa-Kolonia, eastern Poland.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The Polish army secures a large crater, the probable impact site of a projectile linked to overnight strikes in Ukraine, in Tarnawa-Kolonia, eastern Poland, July 30, 2026.<\/span> <span>(TVN Poland\/AFPTV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;This has always been NATO\u2019s challenge to respond to a sub-Article 5 attack, and it\u2019s been very true that to this point, NATO allies have preferred not to escalate,&#8221; Conley told the Journal.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Fox News Digital has reached out to NATO for comment.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Col. 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