Merz says Russia-linked drone attack shows Germany facing ‘profound rupture’
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Sergei Lavrov is known for martial rhetoric. After the federal government charged Russia with the drone attack in Leipzig, he accuses Chancellor Merz of wanting to declare war on his country.
Drone Threat Shapes Germany's Security Landscape
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz highlighted a recent drone attack on a German airport, attributing it to Russia. He stressed the incident signifies a 'profound rupture' with significant implications. Speaking near Hanover, Merz warned Russia against further hybrid warfare efforts, reinforcing Germany's formidable stance on national security threats.
The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Friedrich Merz, at the electoral rally of the Christian Democratic Union in Langenhagen, compared the incident with the drone near Leipzig airport with the situation in the early 1980s, the cold war. Merz compared the current situation with the drone in Leipzig with the mixed deployment of American Pershing-2 missiles in the FRG in the early 1980s. The Chancellor stressed that it was important, …
The explosive device at Leipzig/Halle airport had not ignited itself only "by a small chance", Chancellor Merz warns and fights with regard to the alleged Russian conductors. Germany was "fixedly determined" to defend itself.
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