The press conference is being held after the German government earlier on Tuesday designated Russia as responsible for the incident involving an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle airport on August 4.
This time the sabotage failed but could have had completely devastating consequences for both human lives and European aviation if the operation had succeeded, says Kristersson.
According to the prime minister, the increase in hybrid threats is happening as Russia continues to fail to achieve its goals in the war against Ukraine and the Russian economy is deteriorating.
What happened, and above all what could have happened, in Germany could just as easily have happened in any other country that supports Ukraine against Russia's war, says Kristersson.
Germany has Sweden's full support
The drone in Germany was discovered by airport staff and was armed with explosives and was near Ukrainian cargo planes.
Kristersson says that the German government's decision to openly single out Russia is "the clearest European designation since the Russian poison murder in Salisbury in 2018."
In response, Germany will close the Russian consulate in Bonn and the representative office in Berlin, among other things. According to Kristersson, the German government's actions have Sweden's full support.
This evening I have also decided on an extraordinary meeting with the National Security Council tomorrow morning, he says, adding that the Swedish intelligence and security services, the Armed Forces and the Security Service will then provide more detailed information about their view of the security situation.
Concerns about election influence?
Is there anything that Sweden might do to support Germany more concretely?
"If Germany were to ask Sweden for help, we would always look at it. It happened when Denmark asked Sweden for help before a major EU summit," says Kristersson and continues:
Right now I know that Germany has taken a number of its own measures that they do not need Swedish help with, but they have been very clear that they really want other countries to show agreement with Germany about the seriousness of this, and we will do that tonight.
When asked if there is a concern that Russia will try to influence the Swedish election, Kristersson replies:
Right now we have no signs that Russia is trying to interfere in the Swedish election.
He further says that it is "probably because they feel that support for Ukraine is very broad in Sweden".
