Overview

• Domestic intelligence chief Sinan Selen says Russia has expanded espionage, cyberattacks and sabotage against Germany, and the Verfassungsschutz is now prioritizing countering Russian operations.
• Navy inspector Jan Christian Kaack reports drone overflights, intrusion attempts and suspected sabotage targeting maritime infrastructure, adds that soldiers are being contacted off duty, and labels the overall security situation critical with a risk horizon around 2029.
• The Navy says base security has been tightened with clearer rules and new systems, including planned use of its own drone defenses.
• Kaack expects the first Boeing P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft to be delivered in September and says an undersea drone will be fielded shortly, though he warns there can be no absolute protection.
• Recent damage to seabed cables has been linked by officials and analysts to civilian vessels associated with a Russian shadow fleet, a narrative Kaack dismisses as accidental.