Following the discovery of a drone carrying explosives at Leipzig/Halle Airport, U.S. media are reporting on a possible connection to Russia. The *Wall Street Journal*, citing U.S. officials familiar with intelligence reports, writes that the drone carrying explosives likely belongs to the Russian government. The U.S. broadcaster CNN quotes a U.S. defense official in Europe as saying that the U.S. has concluded that the drone was operated by a Russian intelligence agency.
This week at the airport, a drone equipped with explosives and detonators was discovered near Ukrainian transport aircraft and brought down by an employee. Shortly afterward, an aircraft taking off following the closure collided with an unknown smaller flying object, possibly a second drone.
While some experts pointed to Russia as the suspect following the discovery of the drone carrying explosives, Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) spoke more cautiously of a “hybrid” attack by “foreign powers.”
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