Drone alert in Europe

US sources: Drone at German airport was Russian

The Russian state was likely behind the drone at the Leipzig airport, US intelligence sources told the Wall Street Journal.

It was on Tuesday that the drone, loaded with a tin can full of the explosive paste Semtex, was discovered near a Ukrainian cargo plane.

German authorities are also investigating another suspicious object that collided with another cargo plane the same night. The collision occurred in connection with an aborted landing at Leipzig airport, which had closed due to the previous alert. The plane suffered minor damage and landed safely at another airport.

Two days later, on Thursday evening, two drones were also discovered over an important air base in Mechernich in western Germany. This is reported by the AP. The military was called in and the police launched an investigation.

The drone alarm — it's about the matter

• A drone with an explosive charge was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig airport in Germany late Tuesday night.
• According to several German media outlets, the drone was carrying the explosive Semtex, hidden in a tin can. It was disarmed by police after a bus driver kicked it down.
• Germany's Interior Minister has called the incident a hybrid attack and experts point to shortcomings in Germany's drone defense.
• Information that the Ukrainian plane was loaded with ammunition has been denied by a CDU member.
• Earlier this summer, a report was released by the think tank IISS, which concluded that Russia has been conducting a "drone offensive" against Europe over the past two years - often against airports.
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