‘New level of danger’: Drone incidents scare Europe amid Russia-Ukraine war

A quadcopter drone with plastic explosives attached to it flew unnoticed past air defence installations at Germany’s Leipzig/Halle Airport, a key NATO airlift hub, on August 4.The drone hit a Ukrainian cargo plane but failed to detonate. It fell onto the tarmac and was found four hours later by a bus driver who stepped on it and called security, German media reported. DNA traces linked the drone to a firebomb that was mailed to the same airport and set a freight container on fire in July 2024, the Bild tabloid reported.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Like the movies’: How Ukraine’s ground robots are changing rules of warlist 2 of 4‘Long-range sanctions’: Ukraine hopes strikes cause Russia fear and losseslist 3 of 4Russia bars only party opposing war in Ukraine from parliamentary votelist 4 of 4Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhiaend of listThe incident marked a “new level of danger” for Germany, its interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, said – while never naming Russia as a possible culprit.“These threats are not the work of amateurs. Rather, they require very professional preparation and execution,” Dobrindt told reporters at the airport. “We’re deali...