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Bernard Quintin calls Leipzig drone incident an attack: “We are in a kind of war”

From La Libre Belgique · () French

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  • Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin called a drone incident at Leipzig airport an attack attributed to Russia.
  • He said Belgium and its allies face daily cyberattacks and incidents involving severed cables in the Gulf of Finland.
  • Quintin said these incidents amounted to “a kind of war.”

Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin rejected the language of a “hybrid threat” for the drone incident at Leipzig airport. Speaking on Friday on VRT’s De Afspraak, he described what happened as an attack, full stop.

What happened in Leipzig is an attack, period.

· Bernard QuintinThe Belgian interior minister rejected describing the Leipzig drone incident as merely a hybrid threat.

“What happened in Leipzig is an attack, period,” Quintin said. The incident occurred at the beginning of August and was attributed to Russia.

The liberal minister then broadened his warning beyond the airport incident. “We are in a kind of war,” he said, pointing to daily cyberattacks and cables being cut in the Gulf of Finland.

We are in a kind of war.

· Bernard QuintinQuintin referred to cyberattacks and severed cables as part of a broader confrontation.

“These are attacks. They are waging war on us,” Quintin said.

These are attacks. They are waging war on us.

· Bernard QuintinHe cited daily cyberattacks and cables cut in the Gulf of Finland.
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Originally published by La Libre Belgique in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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