Germany said Thursday it would step up its defences -- from drone warfare to outer space -- at a time of growing tensions between Russia and NATO while the Ukraine war grinds on.

Recent weeks have seen Russia send fighter jets and drones into NATO airspace in Poland and Romania, followed by suspicious drone flights near airports in Denmark and Norway.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz -- whose government has also blamed Moscow for multiple drone sightings over German military and industrial sites -- vowed "all necessary measures to ensure effective deterrence against these violations of airspace and other attacks by the Russian military".

Europe's biggest economy has strongly backed Ukraine in its war against Russia and, since Merz took power in May, vowed to massively step up military s

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