US EditionOverflights of Drones in Germany: Defence Minister Calls for Calm
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said today that he assumes Russia is behind the drones seen over Germany over the weekend.
The German Defense Ministry warned against alarmism on Sunday and called for calm after unidentified drones were spotted in the airspace of Munich Airport. This coincided with the resumption of air traffic at Lithuania's Vilnius Airport, which temporarily suspended flights following reports of hot air balloons flying in its airspace.
So far, the drones observed "have not constituted a concrete threat", says Boris Pistorius, German Minister of Defence German Minister of Defence has called for calm
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in an interview with the Handelsblatt newspaper that he understood the uncertainty over the drone incidents over German airports, but that he urged people to remain calm. According to him, the drones that have been spotted so far did not pose a concrete threat. "That is why it is all the more important that we look at the situation soberly and calmly," he stressed. According to him, Putin knows German…
The German Ministry of Defence called for calm following the monitoring of drones at Munich airport, while air traffic resumed at Vilnius Lithuanian airport hours after flights had been suspended or diverted due to reports of the presence of the aircraft.
"Of course I understand insecurity," said Boris Pistorius in an interview to Handelsblatt today published, adding that the drones observed "did not represent a specific threat." "We have ways to respond," added the social-democratic minister, "even though we have not all the capabilities we would like to fight." Munique airport stopped air traffic on Saturday afternoon, after a new drone alert. The German army helped the local police to detect d…
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