Germany Chancellor Merz says Russia may be behind flights of unidentified drones

Khrystyna Bondarieva , STANISLAV POHORILOV - 6 October, 08:55

Friedrich Merz. Photo: Getty Images

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz believes that Russia is behind many of the drones spotted over Germany. He has added that the drones appeared to be conducting reconnaissance flights.

Source: European Pravda, citing German international broadcaster and media outlet DW

Details: Munich's main airport was closed over the weekend due to the drones, leading to the cancellation of many flights and leaving thousands of passengers unable to depart.

"Our assumption is that Russia is behind most of these drone flights," Merz said.

He described the number of incursions into other European countries as unprecedented, even compared with the Cold War period.

He added that the only consolation was that none of the drones observed so far had been armed.

Merz added that it seems the drones had been conducting reconnaissance flights.

Background:

Late on 2 October, Munich airport suspended operations due to the detection of one or more unknown drones.
Defence Minister Boris Pistorius called for calm despite the flights of unknown drones.

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