Russia could wage a small-scale attack on a nato nation as early as this fall to test the alliance’s response, United States intelligence agencies assessed earlier this year. That’s according to a Wall Street Journal report from Thursday.

• This is different from previous American assessments. As Russia experiences losses in Ukraine, reports suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin may seek a victory elsewhere before 2029 and as early as this fall.

This news will strengthen Europe’s resolve to rearm even faster.

Russian belligerence has put Europe on edge. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Sunday that although Germany is not at war, it’s “the daily target of hybrid warfare.”

That statement came after an explosives-carrying drone that U.S. intelligence says has links to Russia was found near a runway at Leipzig/Halle in Saxony, Germany, on Tuesday. A second drone struck a civilian cargo plane over the airport, but the aircraft landed safely.

At the same time, Europe is questioning America’s commitment and even its ability to protect it in the event of an attack.

President Trump has threatened to withdraw all American forces from Europe if Denmark does not cede Greenland to the U.S., has launched a war with Iran that many Europeans dislike, has failed to stop Iran from striking cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz, and is reportedly running low on some munitions due to the war.

Europeans are deciding that the way forward is to stop relying on American security guarantees and to invest the necessary political and financial capital to build a new superpower. Necessarily, the Continent’s most populous, most economically powerful nation will lead it: Germany.

• Germany is planning to join a French nuclear exercise later this year, another clue that it is taking the Russian threat seriously—and that it distrusts the U.S. government and military.

However, Bible prophecy warns that an empowered Germany will not just defend Europe against Russia’s imperialistic ambitions but also attack several of its nato “allies” to the West.