Germany at risk of 'violent conflict' with Russia, intelligence chief warns
The warning from a German intelligence chief comes as Russia carries out strikes across Ukraine and on a Turkish civilian boat in the Black Sea.
Germany's federal intelligence chief, Martin Jaeger, has warned that the country faces a potential violent conflict with Russia due to the Kremlin's aggressive "shadow war" with European democracies. Russia has been blamed for a series of increasingly brazen incidents on German soil, including an attempted drone attack on an airport in Leipzig in August.
As Russia continues to wage war in Ukraine and target a Turkish civilian boat in the Black Sea, the risk of Germany becoming embroiled in a violent conflict looms large. Jaeger described Russia as "waging a shadow war," with the threat of attacks against German targets remaining "real and imminent." German authorities have repeatedly warned that Russia is conducting a hybrid campaign of drone and cyber attacks, and Jaeger asserts that Russian intelligence services are increasingly aggressive in their operations against Germany.
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