German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's "imperialist 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 "we are experiencing daily and with increasing intensity hybrid Russian attacks, including on our infrastructure" and pointed to Moscow's "provocations in the North and Baltic Seas".

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