Germany Accuses Russia of Drone Attack on Ukrainian Cargo Plane

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Published: 2026-09-01
Category: world
Source: Financial Times

Germany's Interior and Foreign Affairs ministers announced that Russian intelligence services were responsible for an attempted explosives-laden drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle airport in early August. This accusation marks an escalation in Russia's 'hybrid warfare' and has led to Germany summoning the Russian ambassador and planning to close the Russian consulate in Bonn.

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