Pistorius Warns Putin Seeks “New World Order” as Russian War Machine Outpaces EU

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has issued a stark warning that Russia’s war in Ukraine has evolved beyond a regional conflict and is now a long-term global threat. He accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of engaging in a “serious, irreconcilable fight for a new world order.”
In a series of urgent statements, Pistorius highlighted the dangerous imbalance in military production, claiming that Russia’s “full-scale military economy” is now vastly outpacing the West. According to the German minister, Russia is capable of producing more weapons and ammunition in just three months than the entire European Union can manufacture in a full year.
“Russia has now fully switched to a war economy,” Pistorius stated late last year, a sentiment echoed by military analysts throughout 2025. He noted that Russia is already producing more military equipment than it currently needs for the war in Ukraine and is actively filling its reserve warehouses, potentially for “other plans.”
Pistorius described Russia as the “most significant and direct threat to NATO” and warned that Moscow is “deliberately trying to undermine European security.” He argued that a failure to stop Putin in Ukraine would have dire consequences for the continent.
He has repeatedly warned that if Russia is not defeated, it could expand its aggression, specifically naming Moldova, Georgia, or even NATO allies in the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) as potential future targets. This assessment has been bolstered by Germany’s top general, Carsten Breuer, who warned that NATO must be ready to repel a direct Russian attack by 2029.
In response, Pistorius has championed the concept of Kriegstüchtigkeit, or “war readiness,” pushing Germany and its allies to accelerate their own defense investments to meet the growing threat.