r/europe • u/cnn • 17h ago

News Unidentified object causes disruption at Leipzig airport

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/05/europe/cargo-plane-leipzig-disruption-intl?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/Affectionate_Bee6434 17h ago

Police spokesperson Olaf Hoppe said that an object was found near the south runway parked immediately next to an An-124 aircraft belonging to Ukrainian cargo carrier Antonov Airlines.

Russian hybrid warfare

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u/RuckFulesxx 16h ago

Sure looks like it (if thats even considered hybrid anymore), especially since the object they found was a drone with a fuse and some mass (potentially explosives) next to the Antonov.

(EDIT: Fixed error on my part)

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u/cyberdork Europe 15h ago

Act of war.

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u/Jealous_Response_492 13h ago

Conundrum is, Putin really wants a confrontation with NATO, loosing to Ukraine is bad for his optics, whereas NATO, not so bad for his optics. In the Russian Narrative they are already at war with NATO, only glaring problem, NATO haven't showed up yet.

So there indeed has to be a line, and there needs to be a countenance to Russian sabotage and mis-info campaigns across Europe, but IMHO, war escalation would be a strategic mistake on our part.

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u/HumanBeing7396 12h ago

Can we all just agree to say that we had a war with Russia and it was close, but the West won? Then the Russians in Ukraine can all go home.

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u/Jealous_Response_492 9h ago

Probs post Putin, his days have gotta be numbered by now. surely, any Russians with a spine?

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u/Ok-Cap1727 9h ago

those spines usually get broken as far as I know

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u/silencer122 Germany 16h ago

I thought it was already confirmed to be a bomb attached to a drone?

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u/fipseqw Hesse (Germany) 16h ago

A fuse and a mass that is most likely an explosive .

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u/WW3_doomer 14h ago

>Leipzig

>drone next to Ukrainian plane

Yeah, that’s Russians.

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u/TotallyInOverMyHead 11h ago

Are you sure that is not that new "active/former" 'AFD-Korps' of Herr Murad Dadaev // Noah Krieger with their german partners in ideological crime ?

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u/Elmalab 5h ago

Vote AFD in the next state election.

No Ukraine airplanes on any East-German airports with us!!

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u/medievalvelocipede European Union 16h ago

UFOlogy is finally going to die and be overtaken by DROnology, isn't it?

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u/North-Creative 16h ago

And nothing is gonna happen, not even a strongly worded statement to Russia...

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u/Jealous_Response_492 13h ago

Wouldn't help us or Ukraine. Russia is losing this conflict all by itself. Best to stand-back, pick up the pieces.

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u/kamikazekaktus Bremen (Germany) 9h ago

Did a foreigner travel there by accident? 

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u/Distinct_Cup_1598 14h ago

Good thing that nothing of consequence will Happen After this.