According to the German secret services, the anti-AfD drone found at Leipzig airport is Russian and was supposed to hit a Ukrainian plane. But there is more suspicion about facts and times…
Germany has decided to close the Russian consulate in Bonn from 18 September and also the “Russian House” cultural center in Berlin, the institution that the German authorities had already accused of being linked to intelligence activities carried out for Moscow. The decision was taken after the German secret services indicated some Russian agents as the authors of the alleged attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport, which took place on 4 August. The Foreign Minister announced the retaliation Johann Wadephulwho reiterated that an explosive-laden drone had been found near a Ukrainian cargo plane, where it was successfully defused.
The mysterious drone and the role of Moscow
Investigators had then identified technical similarities between the device and equipment associated with previous Russian hybrid operations. We remind you that the term “hybrid operations” refers to those carried out with means that are not only military, such as commercial drones modified to attack. Berlin went further, with the Minister of the Interior, Alexander Dobrindtwhich described the incident as part of a larger pattern of hybrid Russian activities in Europe, including sabotage, disinformation, threats and other forms of destabilization. Other diplomatic repercussions will see tougher entry controls into Germany for Russian citizens, increased pressure on the so-called “Russian shadow fleet” and support for further European sanctions against individuals and organizations linked to Moscow.
What doesn’t add up about the Russian drone in Leipzig
The Kremlin responded by rejecting Germany’s accusations, criticizing Berlin’s response, calling it an escalation, and stating that it will respond to anti-Russian measures. Meanwhile, the European Union and NATO have expressed solidarity with Germany over the accident, underlining the concern of Western governments. These facts trigger a strong sense of insecurity in public opinion. However, it is not the first time that Ukraine has artfully created these episodes. He did it with the sabotage of the gas pipeline in the North Sea, he did it again with the drone that fell in Poland and, coincidentally, once again the proof of the crime was found next to a Ukrainian airplane of the Antonov Airlines company.
What doesn’t add up is why Moscow would ever use a drone to hit a Ukrainian aircraft at a Western airport. What also doesn’t add up is the fact that, according to an initial reconstruction, the drone was seen as an unidentified object hit by an aircraft as it took off, causing the plane to immediately return but to Hanover. A second version explains that the drone was instead found in a cargo area near a runway. Finally, that a second drone would have been destroyed after a collision with a plane near the airport.
Between the faltering Ukrainian front and elections now close
The minister Dobrindt He said the device showed “a high level of technical expertise” but that Moscow acted through “low-level agents acting on behalf of Russian state entities.” Therefore, alluding to a possible recognition of the agents involved, and that such actions would be aimed at undermining German support for Ukraine. At the same time, the Russian president Vladimir Putin he accused the German government of pointing the finger at Moscow to divert attention from internal problems, and to bring home new contracts in the defense sector. There is more: these episodes have a tendency to happen at specific moments: when the Ukrainian forces are retreating in the field and when, in the hypothesis of new negotiations, the definition of “inevitable territorial concessions” arises that Kiev should accept. Just as it happens today.
The secret plan of the anti-AfD
Let us also remember that this war has now been exploited greatly on an economic level, since it has allowed European nations to modernize obsolete arsenals, to stipulate industrial agreements and to complete international initiatives in the defense sector. That is, to recreate an economic engine that has almost stopped for decades. Furthermore, the hypothesis supported by Brussels is that Moscow’s growing military threats in Europe serve to weaken NATO’s support for Kiev.
Could it be, however, that since Germany is a strategic partner of Ukraine, Kiev wants to accelerate cooperation with Berlin? We recall, in fact, that last April the two nations hypothesized a cooperation agreement in the field of security which, however, the political and diplomatic times have not yet materialised. Additionally, elections will be held on September 6 in the eastern region of Saxony-Anhalt, where the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party hopes to gain support by partly exploiting public fatigue with the war.
