Nato Commander: What scares you most about the Russian Army?

“The people pound for pound don’t scare me,” says Lieutenant General Mike Elviss, “but they’re battle-hardened and battle-tested. It’s the fact that they’ve been looking at this and living it for as long as they have.” Gen Elviss commands Nato’s Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC), one of Nato’s two emergency response forces and probably the first thing the Western alliance would throw at an invading force with a Russian accent. Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/22/british-nato-commander-scared-russians/ #russia #ukraine #putin ► Sign up to the Telegraph's free new daily newsletter, From the Editor, bringing you the latest news, features and analysis from the Telegraph newsroom: www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/secure/newsletter/from-the-editor/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain ► Get the latest headlines: www.telegraph.co.uk?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain ► Stay ahead with a Telegraph digital subscription: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/customer/subscription/store?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ and https://www.youtube.com/telegraph are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.