German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated that while Germany is not formally at war with Russia, it faces a hybrid threat involving drone overflights, sabotage, and disinformation, following the government's explicit attribution of an attempted attack on Leipzig/Halle airport to Moscow.

In response, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt raised the national threat level to "high," acknowledging that while other states like China and Iran also employ hybrid tactics, identifying the specific attribution of such incidents remains difficult.