German intelligence chief warns of risk of violent conflict with Russia
BND head Martin Jaeger tells lawmakers Russia's hybrid 'shadow war' against Europe has entered a more dangerous phase.
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What to know
- BND chief Martin Jaeger told German lawmakers Russia's hybrid 'shadow war' against Europe has reached a more dangerous stage, citing an attempted drone attack on Leipzig airport.
- The warning comes days after Putin publicly denied any intention to attack, saying Russia would only respond if attacked.
- Bloomberg's framing suggests Germany specifically has become a 'prime adversary' as Russian military ambitions grow.
“The confrontation we are facing with Russia has taken on a new, more dangerous dimension”
Martin Jaeger, Head of BND · Straits Times World ↗ · Oct 4
Martin Jaeger Head of Germany's foreign intelligence service (BND)
Vladimir Putin President of Russia
Friedrich Merz German Chancellor
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Bloomberg frames Germany as 'prime adversary' in shadow war
Bloomberg reported Jaeger's assessment that Germany has become a prime adversary in Russia's shadow war and risks being drawn into conflict as the Kremlin's military ambitions grow.
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"Russia is waging a shadow war against us."-Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service President Jäger "This undeclared war cannot be described using conventional military or legal categories.We’re not in a state of defense,yet we’re still under attack -that’s precisely what a shadow war is,"he said
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🚨🇩🇪 BREAKING: Germany is at risk of entering a violent conflict with Russia, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service warns. BND chief Martin Jäger says Russia is already waging a “shadow war” against Germany and that the confrontation has entered a “new, more
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⚡ NEWS German Spy Chief Warns of Growing Russia Conflict Risk The head of Germany's foreign intelligence service has warned that Moscow is waging a 'shadow war' against Europe, signaling an escalating conflict risk. This statement coincides with political tensions as the Left Party challenges remarks made by CDU's... 📰 https://www…
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BND chief Jaeger warns Germany risks conflict with Russia
At the annual public hearing of intelligence chiefs in the German parliament, BND head Martin Jaeger said Germany is at risk of entering a violent conflict with Russia as Moscow escalates an aggressive 'shadow war' against European democracies, pointing to the Leipzig airport incident as an example.
“Germany is in danger of becoming embroiled in a violent conflict with Russia – the attempted attack in Leipzig is just one example…”
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10 outlets first by Times of India, 10d ago · also Sky News, Kyiv Independent, ABC Australia, Reuters, Straits Times, Politico +3 · read ↗
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first by FT, 10d ago · also Financial Times
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Putin denies plans to attack anyone — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia is not threatening anyone but would respond if subjected to aggression, addressing Western warnings about Moscow's intentions toward Europe.
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Drone attack attempted on Leipzig airport — German authorities accused Moscow of being behind an attempted drone attack on Leipzig airport as part of a broader Russian hybrid campaign of drone and cyberattacks.
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first by Bloomberg, 9d ago · also Courthouse News, Bloomberg Politics
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- German spy chief warns ‘shadow war’ with Russia is escalating Courthouse News · 9d ago
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What people are saying 19 voices from 1 site · best of 24 · verbatim
- Oct 7
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There's not a single party in Germany that makes politics for middle class Germans. If there was, the AfD wouldn't exist. It's sad, but the established parties created that monster and they keep feeding it.
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Sigh. I feel like I replied to a comment much like this a few years ago, it always seems suspicious when people read out a bunch of convenient stats, almost feels like a copypaste comment. In the first doc you cited, the own authors note a reason for the distorted costs of those refugees: Education. These refugee populations are young - the…
- Oct 6
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Dang it! I used Anhang 69b! Wrong one! Silly me! Now gotta go back to the Amt and do the whole thing again...
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You can not blame the actions of the exploiting entity on the exploited, can you?
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And why do employers surpress wages? Because they have a glut of cheap, exploitable labour.
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How is danish domestic data relevant to German economy? Regarding your net fiscal impact criticism: On average, migrants, specifically first-generation migrants, show a more favorable average net fiscal impact than native-born Germans. https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/306683/1/GLO-DP-1530.pdf Stop spreading hate please.
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No, you're the one spreading propaganda. You still haven't refuted the Danish Data. https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/69226/germany-study-links-refugee-arrivals-to-new-businesses-new-jobs Your first study is also loved by leftists, but it doesn't say much. The study by the IFO institute only show that immigrants, due to a lack of education and…
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This is such a tired cliché. In the coming war with Russia the entire German political élite will burn alive when the nuclear warheads land in Berlin and the Rheinland. Hitler died fighting the Russians, too, yet does it mean you like him? "Muh fighting politicians".
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Congratulations, Germany has a new deficit of ~119.000.000.000€ (170k times 700k€) over the lifetime of these immigrants. The numbers don't lie. Oh no, it's another racist trying to bring up the economy argument when all you actually feel is hatred for their skin. Decades pass, and yet right-wingoids never change.
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It makes GDP go up but GDP isn't actually very useful for the average German. Immigration suppresses wages meaning even though the nation's overall GDp has gone up the average German is actually poorer and poorer. This also ignores the arguably more important social issues all this immigration causes. Economics is only a fraction of the overall…
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You write quite a lot of text for being so confidently wrong. Again: migration is net beneficial for German economy. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014292121001793 https://www.deutschland.de/en/topic/business/migration-skilled-labour-innovation-germany…
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Because you reasonably have to exclude 2020? Or do you think we should have lockdowns like then tomreduce asylum applications?
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It's kind of pointless to talk to people like you, since you ignore every data point you don't like. But I'll just make an example of you :) of those 160k asking for asylum, how many got it granted, and how many got rejected? Official numbers from the Federal Ministry of the Interior ( BMI ) show that of the ~300.000 individuals in Germany…
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They militarized their economy and people. They have a hammer now and they're looking for nails
- Oct 5
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I'm not buying it, and will continue looking cautiously with the assumption that specific countries have hostile intent against Europe. Didn't we go through a bunch of denials in the lead up one or two of the attacks on Ukraine?
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So in your view restarting trade and taking a neutral stance is "handing Germany over to Russia"? Does that mean that Germany currently belongs to the US especially since there are still ~40k US soldiers stationed in Germany even though 70% of the Germans want them out?
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I'm advocating to send those politicians and their children first to go fight Russia. Maybe this will put their brains finally to work.
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Which history? The real one or the russian fan fiction where they single handedly won WW2, conveniently leaving out that they were part of the reason it started in the first place.
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and all anyone would have to do to prevent that from happening is address immigration issues, the only reason afd has gained any traction.