Germany blames Russia for last month’s attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport
Ukrainian Antonov aircrafts are parked behind a fence on the grounds of Leipzig/Halle Airport, where investigations are underway following the drone incident that occurred early Wednesday morning, in Schkeuditz, Germany, Thursday Aug. 6, 2026. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP) Police forensic technicians work near a Ukrainian aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport, where a drone with an explosive device was found and a detonator was removed from the object, in Schkeuditz, Germany, Wednesday Aug. 5, 2026. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP) Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt speaks 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) A forensic technician works alongside a bomb-disposal robot near a Ukrainian aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport, where a drone with an explosive device was found and a detonator was removed from the object, in Schkeuditz, Germany, Wednesday Aug.
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German officials said at the time that the incident posed a new level of danger. Dobrindt told reporters that intelligence points to “people being involved who acted on behalf of Russian state entities,” though he didn’t specify which ones. “Taken together, the police investigations, the pattern and intelligence findings prove a Russian responsibility for the attempted attack at Leipzig airport.” Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said that “with the attempted attack in Leipzig, the Russian leadership decided deliberately to do significant damage again to our already massively burdened bilateral relationship.” He said the Russian consulate in Bonn will be closed effective Sept.
