A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at the airport close to Ukrainian cargo planes on 4 August.

Germany has said Russia was responsible for last month’s drone attack at Leipzig’s airport.

A drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany, close to Ukrainian cargo planes, on 4 August.

  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    The spymasters say Russia is testing NATO’s resolve. But all these tests have made NATO stronger. E.g. the invasion of Ukraine pushed Sweden and Finland to join NATO.

    It’s a bad example. The invasion of Ukraine was not done to test NATO’s resolve. Russia is sending drones into NATO’s airspace to test their response. So far NATO did not respond in any meaningful way. People died in Poland as a result of Russian attacks on Ukraine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_missile_explosion_in_Poland), Russian drones hit civilians targets in Romania and keep entering Polish airspace. What is NATO doing? Nothing.

    I’m guessing it will be an immigration crisis à la Ceuta

    They already tried this and countries responded by securing the border. I don’t think Russia will suddenly mobilize thousands of migrants on a border with Poland. I don’t think any spy agency is suggesting something like that. What they are suggesting is some sort of false flag operation and military response. My bet is on some Baltic country or Poland. It will not be a full scale invasion but probably some shooting across the border or quick incursion to take some prisoners. And it will not be done to “drive a wedge between countries in NATO”. It will be done to see if NATO members are serious about defending each other.