Veytics Intelligence
2026-10-17 · DW

How big is Russia's threat against Germany?

Warnings keep mounting about Russia's threat to Germany. On October 12, Sinan Selen, president of Germany's domestic intelligence agency, the BfV, said that Russia's covert attacks and destabilization efforts against Germany and other European countries are "not a temporary development but a long-term hybrid attack." Even if the war in Ukraine were to end, said Selen, the Russian threat would not disappear. "For Russia, this is about completely redrawing the map of Europe and redefining its own role within Europe and in global politics." He added that Russia's aggression would continue to be felt not only in Ukraine, but also in the Baltic states, in Poland and in Germany.

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