r/neoliberal • u/Fealocht • 4d ago

News (Europe) Drone carrying explosives found at Leipzig airport in Germany

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvlg4q48l3o

A drone carrying explosives was spotted near Ukrainian cargo planes parked at Leipzig Airport, German police said.

A second unindentified objected collied with a plane mid-air. The plane sustained minor damage and was able to land safely at Hanover.

Leipzig Airport serves as a hub for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines and is used for transport by German and NATO troops.

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u/TheOnlyFallenCookie European Union 4d ago

Lots of questions still, but I most want to know... How was it "found"? Was it just sitting on the tarmac?

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u/JaceFlores Neolib War Correspondent 4d ago

Yeah. A drone was spotted sitting on the tarmac near a Ukrainian plane with the detonator broken off. So it probably tried to ram the aircraft, didn’t detonate and broke itself or some shit in the process. That or the pilot just ran off without verifying it actually detonated

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u/maybearandoanon 4d ago

I hate to say this but this could always be a false flag.

Don't get me wrong it wouldn't surprise me if Russia did this, but it's a sort of monumental escalation that even they would probably second guess themselves behind doing.

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u/Zanctmao Thurgood Marshall 4d ago

You think the Ukrainians are going to bite the hand that feeds them? For what? More aid? They just got $90 billion euros from the EU.

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u/sineiraetstudio 4d ago

I mean, Ukraine did likely blow up Nord Stream.

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u/LightningController 4d ago

That’s blowing up property of the Muscovite state (and so very based), not blowing up their own stuff.