# German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan wouldn’t end with the conquest of Ukraine but would rather be just the start. Merz told a conference of Germany’s ambassadors that they are experiencing daily, and with increasing intensity, hybrid Russian attacks, including on infrastructure and pointed to Moscow’s provocations in the North and Baltic Seas. Merz has moved to ramp up Germany’s defence capacities and wants Germany to have Europe’s strongest conventional army.
German Chancellor warns Ukraine is only the start of Putin’s plan