Germany to blame Moscow for airport drone incident on Tuesday, Bild reports
German ministers plan to accuse Russian intelligence of the drone attempt and prepare countermeasures, Bild reported, citing security sources.
- On Tuesday, German interior and foreign ministers plan to announce that Russian intelligence services were behind an attempted drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport in early August, Bild newspaper reported.
- News outlets reported on Sunday that the German government is preparing to hold Russia responsible for the attack at the major air freight hub and is readying countermeasures against Moscow.
- German government members previously stated "foreign powers" could be behind the incident, though some lawmakers pointed to Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
- The Russian embassy in Berlin dismissed the accusations as "fabricated provocation," characterizing the reports as "a new wave of anti-Russian hysteria in Germany."
- While Bild cited security sources for the upcoming announcement, the interior ministry and a government spokesperson declined to comment, and the foreign ministry did not respond to requests.
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In early August, an incident struck a German airport. That incident has shaken all of Europe.
PRESS REVIEW. Berlin announced on Tuesday retaliatory measures against Moscow, accusing him of having sent a drone loaded with explosives at the beginning of August to this key airport for support to Ukraine. Welcoming this statement, the German press sees it as a strategic shift in the face of the Russian threat. "For the first time, the government strongly affirms that Russia is responsible for the attack [at drone] against Germany [at Leipzig…
The Federal Government ascribes to Russia the drone attack in Leipzig. And announces several measures. Will they be able to do something in the hybrid war?
All the clues of the investigation lead to a Russian agency, but the German government had so far avoided officially making the accusation. Several Berlin media now advance, however, that the Friedrich Merz government will tomorrow take the incident to NATO's top permanent body and raise the Russian authorship of the bomb drone attack at Leipzig airport. Germany will use the meeting of NATO ambassadors in Brussels to present to the Allies eviden…
NATO Secretary General and Ursula von der Leyen are meeting to coordinate actions against the Russians.
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