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German authorities probe suspected sabotage after 2 power substation disruptions
Authorities say the outages did not cut general power supply, while investigators examine possible links to a terror probe and foreign interference.
- On Tuesday at 1800 GMT, local police began investigating "PREMEDITATED VANDALISM" at a power substation near Bergheim, marking a second sabotage attempt on Germany's electricity grid within 24 hours.
- Separately, rockets carrying conductive material damaged high-voltage power lines in Brandenburg on Tuesday, as Berlin blamed Russia for a separate attempted drone attack last month amid growing hybrid warfare concerns.
- Electricity grid operator Amprion reported that the interference forced five lignite power plant units with 4,200 MW in combined capacity off the grid, though RWE confirmed a 600 MW block has since been reconnected.
- Brandenburg Interior Minister Jan Redmann noted parallels to a 2024 arson attack at Tesla's German plant while calling for better protection, as Alexander Throm called the timing of disruptive incidents before the weekend election "extremely suspicious."
- E.ON CEO Leonhard Birnbaum warned last month that full protection of grid infrastructure is illusory, noting operators can only make attacks as difficult as possible rather than prevent all sabotage attempts.
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In Germany, new diversions to the country ' s power grid were announced, and unknowns stopped two power plants on Tuesday.
Germany investigates suspected power substation sabotage, Russia summons German envoy
Two incidents that disrupted power distribution systems in Germany are being investigated for sabotage, authorities said Wednesday, while one of them was also being examined for possible terrorism links. Meanwhile Russia on the same day said it was summoning Germany's charge d'affaires after Berlin blamed Moscow for last month's attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport.
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