German FM warns Putin could take advantage of US transition
German FM warns Putin could take advantage of US transition

Germany's foreign minister warns that Russian President Vladimir Putin could take advantage of the United States post-election transition period to press Moscow's advantage in Ukraine, urging Berlin and Europe to increase aid efforts.

"We don't have time to wait until spring," Annalena Baerbock tells a conference in Berlin.

"Now is the transition phase that Putin has been waiting for and aiming for".