Germany Says Russia Was Involved in Attempted Drone Attack at Leipzig Airport
Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Russia was involved in an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport earlier in August.
- An explosive-laden drone found near a Ukrainian cargo plane forced part of the airport to close temporarily, but no one was injured.
- Germany is calling for the closure of Russia’s consulate general in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin.
Germany says Russia was involved in an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport at the beginning of August, and warns that further Russian hybrid attacks may target the country.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt made the accusation at a news conference on Tuesday. The incident involved a drone carrying explosives that was found on August 4 near a Ukrainian cargo plane at the airport.
Russia was involved in the drone attack against Leipzig/Halle Airport last month.
Parts of Leipzig/Halle, one of Europe’s largest cargo hubs, were closed before operations later resumed. No one was injured, but German counterterrorism police opened an investigation.
Germany is now demanding the closure of Russia’s consulate general in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin. Russia also has an honorary consulate in Nuremberg and an embassy in Berlin.
We assume that Germany is the target of further Russian hybrid attacks.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. 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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