Germany's Merz says Russian drone incursions part of long trend of sabotage


German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the 2025 budget debate of the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, September 17, 2025. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen

BERLIN (Reuters) -Russia's violation of Polish and Romanian airspace is part of a long-running trend of boundary-testing and sabotage by President Vladimir Putin, said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday.

"Russia wants to insidiously destabilize our free societies," Merz told the Bundestag lower house of parliament, saying that a peace deal in the Ukraine war cannot come at the expense of Kyiv's political sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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