Explosive Drone Found Near Cargo Plane at Germany's Leipzig Airport
Police said the drone carried explosives and a detonator, and investigators are examining a possible second aircraft strike that caused minor damage.
- An explosive-laden drone was discovered near a runway at Germany's Leipzig-Halle airport, prompting a counterterrorism investigation into the incident.
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt warned the drone represents "a new level of danger" and a "hybrid attack scenario," noting perpetrators likely possessed professional technical expertise.
- Searching for parts of a possible second drone, Interior Minister Armin Schuster stated, "The threat is no longer abstract; it is high."
- Dobrindt linked the threat to the war in Ukraine, involving Russia's new Unmanned Systems Forces, where Putin recently appointed Denis Lyamin to lead operations.
- The European Commission will use €1.2 billion from frozen Russian assets to assist Ukraine, as strikes killed three in Balakliia and three in Sumy, where at least 19 were wounded.
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German airport attack reeks of Russian intelligence
On Tuesday, workers at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle airport discovered a drone in a cordoned cargo zone near a runway. The drone carried a detonator and military-grade Semtex explosives, and it had landed beside a Ukrainian cargo aircraft. Around the same time, a second flying object apparently struck a diverted DHL cargo plane, which landed in Hanover with minor damage. The freight hub suspended operations, flights were directed to other cities, and…
Plane near explosive drone found at German airport was carrying ammunition, media reports say
Forensic experts found that the explosives attached to the drone were of a high military grade, reported the outlets, which also included broadcasters NDR and WDR, citing a confidential police report
A Ukrainian Antonov, on the ground, would have been the target of an explosive attack, which failed, and a DHL plane had to deviate because of the impact of an unknown object.Berlin does not officially point to anyone, but all eyes are on Moscow.
German airport resumes operation after finding drone with explosives near Ukrainian aircraftThe German airport Leipzig/Halle has fully resumed flights after detecting a drone with an explosive device near the Ukrainian cargo aircraft. Authorities are investigating the incident as a possible sabotage, the interior minister called it a hybrid attack.
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Taipei TimesDrone with explosives found at German airport
A drone with explosives was found at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport and the device was defused, authorities said Wednesday, in an incident that the country's top security official said posed a 'new quality of danger.'
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