European Ministers Back Germany on 1 Leipzig Drone Attack as Russian Hybrid Strikes Surge
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Updated · Euronews · Sep 2
European Ministers Back Germany on 1 Leipzig Drone Attack as Russian Hybrid Strikes Surge
3 articles · Updated · Euronews · Sep 2
Summary
Wicklow talks brought European ministers and Canada into a united front behind Germany after Berlin formally blamed the Kremlin for the 4 August Leipzig airport drone incident.
German authorities said the intercepted drone carried military-grade explosives, and Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said its configuration, components and detonation systems matched other Russian hybrid operations.
Britain and Lithuania cast the case as part of a wider pattern: Ed Miliband cited the Salisbury attack, while Lithuania said Russian hybrid attacks against it had quadrupled over the past year.
The summit also turned to Ukraine financing, with Sweden, Spain, Poland and the Netherlands pushing to revisit use of immobilised Russian sovereign assets as Europe weighs more support before winter.