Berlin zamyka konsulat w Bonn po oskarżeniach wobec Rosji
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Germany moved from suspicion to formal accusation, blaming Russian intelligence services for an attempted explosive drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport in early August. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said investigators had matched the operation to Russian hybrid-war patterns, after security staff found a drone carrying explosives near parked Ukrainian cargo aircraft and a DHL plane aborted its approach after colliding with another suspected drone. Berlin ordered the Russian Consulate General in Bonn to close by September 18 and terminated the operating contract for the Russian House cultural centre in Berlin.
Dobrindt put the attribution plainly.
„The German government comes to the conclusion that Russia is responsible for the hybrid attack in Leipzig on Aug. 4.”
The move landed as European governments argued over how hard to maintain Russia’s diplomatic isolation. At a G20 finance meeting in North Carolina, European delegates protested the in-person attendance of Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, while US officials defended the invitation and held side talks with him. That contrast sharpened the message from Berlin: Germany wants a calibrated response, but not a polite one.
The case will test whether Europe can punish hybrid action quickly enough to deter it, without turning every drone near an airport into a crisis of alliance management.
Na podstawie relacji: Deutsche Welle, Correio da Manha, Irish Independent, Rai news, lastampa.it, France 24