EU's Kallas Calls Alleged Russian Drone Plot 'State Sponsored Terrorism' as Europe Mulls a Response
Kaja Kallas said the blast-laden drone near a Ukrainian plane shows the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism as the EU weighs sanctions.
- On Tuesday, the German government blamed Russia for an Aug 4 attempted drone attack at Leipzig and Halle Airport, announcing the closure of a Russian consulate among other measures.
- Kaja Kallas, the European Union's top diplomat, said Wednesday the incident bears hallmarks of "state sponsored terrorism" as Moscow faces accusations of running a sabotage campaign to destabilize European nations.
- A drone laden with explosives was found and defused near a Ukrainian plane at Halle Airport, which German officials warned posed a new level of danger.
- The European Union has imposed nearly two dozen sanction packages targeting roughly 3,000 people and entities, including President Vladimir Putin and Russian banks, to counter the war in Ukraine.
- Kallas noted that additional listings for the Russian military complex are "in the pipeline," potentially targeting backers in Belarus, China, Iran, and North Korea.
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France, for its part, summoned the Russian affairs officer to Paris to protest against the attack at the beginning of August, attributed to Russia since yesterday afternoon.
The attack on Leipzig/Halle airport in August has all the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism, EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Wicklow, Ireland. Germany officially blamed Russia for the attack at a press conference on Tuesday. Ministers are due to discuss the response to the attack on Wednesday.
According to Kallas, we need to consider what can be done about the matter at the EU level.
EU's Kallas calls alleged Russian drone plot 'state sponsore
Germany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul speak to the media during a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, about the attempted attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport last month with a drone loaded with explosives.(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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The Seattle TimesEU’s Kallas calls alleged Russian drone plot ‘state sponsored terrorism’ as Europe mulls a response
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat said Wednesday that an attempted attack on a German airport blamed on Russia appears to be “state sponsored terrorism,” as EU countries weighed their response.
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