Known GRU Operative Planned Leipzig Airport Drone Attack, Report Reveals
Investigators say the drone carried 1.8 kilograms of Semtex and could have destroyed parts of the cargo hub, according to the report.
- On September 12, Welt reported confidential investigative files link one suspect in the August 4 incident at Leipzig to Russia's GRU military intelligence service.
- German investigators identified the suspects as Russian citizen Oleg and Belarusian citizen Andrei, who allegedly targeted Ukrainian Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft at the hub with an explosives-laden drone.
- Investigative reports indicate Oleg traveled to Germany before departing through Berlin Brandenburg Airport for Serbia, while explosives potentially reached the country concealed inside trucks traveling through Bulgaria and Serbia.
- Following the formal attribution of the attempted attack to Russia on September 1, the German government announced the closure of the consulate general in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin, while increasing pressure on Russia's so-called "shadow fleet."
- Believed to be in Russia, the suspect reportedly had GRU ties that security services knew about upon entry, though they did not place him under surveillance.
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A member of the Russian intelligence services is suspected by the German authorities of coordinating the attack on Leipzig airport, involving a drone loaded with explosives.
Investigations into the attempt to attack Leipzig Airport lead directly to the Russian military intelligence service GRU. An alleged agent is said to have led the operation.
The German investigators suspect a member of the Russian military intelligence service (GRU) that he participated in the preparation of a "hybrid attack" that involved a drone loaded with explosives at Leipzig airport in August, reported on Saturday daily Welt am Sonntag, taken over by AFP.
A member of the Russian military intelligence is suspected of having prepared a drone attack charged with explosives against Leipzig airport. ...
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