Explosives found meters from the drone that crashed near a Bundeswehr air base—investigators say it matches the GRU’s Leipzig attack devices
The federal prosecutor and Germany's criminal police have taken over the case, and the drone may have been near the A400M transport fleet hub for up to two years.
Investigators discovered explosives meters away from a crashed drone near Germany's Wunstorf air base, which is operated by the Bundeswehr. The Bundeswehr's central logistics hub houses the A400M transport fleet. The found device matches the construction used in the GRU-attributed Leipzig airport attack on 4 August. The German federal prosecutor and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) are leading the investigation.
One of the suspects in the Leipzig attack, GRU Colonel Denis Smolyaninov, is linked to a sanctioned Russian colonel who directs sabotage against countries supporting Ukraine. Another suspect, a Latvian man with a Russian passport named Oleg L., maintained years-long contacts with Smolyaninov. Poland also faced a drone violation near their Aegis Ashore missile defense base, but deemed the object a civilian device that posed no threat.
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