German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that NATO and the European Union should increase defense spending. This is due to the threat from the Russian shadow navy, Tagesschau reports.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned of the threat posed by hybrid warfare from Moscow after an underwater Baltic Sea cable was severed. Germany and Denmark's political leaders met on Tuesday ...

With fewer than 300 inhabitants living along a picturesque inlet of the Baltic Sea, the town is Germany’s smallest both by population and size, at 0.45 square kilometers (0.17 square miles).

German fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea near NATO ...

At the same time, the leader of Scholz's SPD party, Lars Klingbeil, called on Europeans to be more decisive in their relations with Russia after the sabotage of a submarine cable in the Baltic Sea.

FILE: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gives a statement during the summit of the Baltic Sea NATO countries in Helsinki, Finland, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that this and other recent incidents in the Baltic Sea, including off Germany's northern coast, must be assumed to be part of a hybrid strategy.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in separate remarks to reporters in Helsinki that Germany will participate in the Baltic Sentry mission.