US intelligence ‘believes Russia was behind Leipzig airport drone bomb’

German government talks of a ‘new level of danger’ but declines to say who it thinks was responsible for device American intelligence experts believe Russia was behind an attack on a German airport last week with a drone laden with explosives, US media have reported, as Berlin remained silent on the likely culprit. Las

US intelligence believes explosives-equipped drone at German airport likely belongs to Moscow, WSJ reports  The Kyiv Independent

US intelligence officials assess that the explosive-laden drone discovered near a Ukrainian Antonov Airlines cargo plane at Leipzig-Halle airport on Aug. 5 was likely deployed by the Russian government. Western leaders increasingly view the incident as part of a broader Moscow-directed campaign of sabotage and hybrid w

U.S. intelligence believes an explosive-laden drone found near Germany‘s Leipzig/Halle Airport was owned by the Russian government, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing unnamed officials. The United States had hinted at a hostile foreign actor being behind the incident, but Russia hadn’t been directly accus

Chancellor Friedrich Merz held a call on Friday to discuss the incident earlier this week at a German airport, when a drone laden with explosives crashed but did not detonate. Federal prosecutors have launched a counterterrorism probe into the incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport.

The man spotted the drone flying low while he was working at Leipzig/Halle airport late on Tuesday, then kicked out at it in what Detlef Seif described as a courageous but dangerous act.

Authorities have not named the man or said where the drone came from and how it managed to get into a restricted part of the airport

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz convened the national security council Friday to discuss the discovery of an explosive-laden drone near a Ukrainian cargo plane, and the mid-air collision of another aircraft with an unidentified object this week.

A bus driver knocked an explosive-laden drone out of the air, potentially preventing an attack this week at a German airport that serves as a major Nato and cargo logistics hub, a senior lawmaker said ‌on Friday. The man spotted the drone flying low while he was working at Leipzig/Halle airport late on Tuesday, then ki

Bus driver kicked explosive drone out of the air at German airport, lawmaker says  Reuters

BERLIN, Aug 7 - A bus driver knocked an explosive-laden drone out of the air, potentially preventing an attack this week at a German airport that serves as a major NATO and cargo logistics hub, a senior lawmaker said on Friday.

The BBC has seen evidence from previous cases that Russian-linked proxies not only handled drones and explosives, but also delivered them to Germany.

Russian attack? Explosive drone targeted parked aircraft at Leipzig airport.