NATO says will do ‘anything and everything’ if alliance is attacked

NATO commander issues warning as European officials suggest potential Russian attacks.NATO’s top commander has warned that his forces would destroy “anything and everything” if someone was “foolish enough” to attack the alliance, as European concerns have mounted over a potential Russian attack on its territory amid the war in Ukraine.“We will block the initial attack. If the attack persists, we will blunt it and prevent any enemy advance. And if required, we will break the enemy’s forces and the operational war-fighting system arrayed against us,” US Air Force General Alexus Grynkewich told the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday, without mentioning Russia by name.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Energy ceasefire’: What’s behind Trump’s love-hate ties to Russian oil?list 2 of 3Ukraine’s Zelenskyy accuses Russia of violating Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’list 3 of 3From a ‘dangerous competitor’ to an unknown: Who could replace Zelenskyy?end of listGrynkewich stressed that NATO is a defensive alliance and that he does not believe that a conflict is imminent or inevitable. The most effective way to preserve peace is to prepare for war and to maintain open lines of communication to “resolve misunderstandings”, he added.European governments have accused Moscow of stepping up a campaign of sabotage, drone incursions and cyberattacks against them, while Russia warned last month it could use nuclear weapons if NATO attempted to cut off its Baltic Kaliningrad exclave where it has a major military outpost.NATO’s 10-year strategy, created in 2022, described Russia as the alliance’s most significant security threat.“We will, in short, ensure any attack, against any ally, proves utterly futile,” Grynkewich said.US General Alexus Grynkewich, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, speaks during the opening session of the Warsaw Security Forum in Warsaw, Poland on October 12, 2026 [Wojtek Radwanski/AFP]Attacking anything that ‘supports, sustains and controls that force’Grynkewich added that NATO’s response would not be limited to forces involved in an initial attack.