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🚨🇩🇪🇺🇦 New details are emerging from the security incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport. German authorities have released footage of the drone found just meters away from a Ukrainian Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft, while a second incident involving a DHL cargo plane has also come to light. According to the latest information, the drone was carrying an improvised explosive device (IED) and was discovered on the airport’s tarmac only a short distance from the Ukrainian transport aircraft. Bomb disposal specialists safely neutralized the device after determining that its detonator was defective, preventing it from exploding. In a separate incident on the same night, a DHL cargo aircraft reportedly struck an unidentified object, possibly another drone, during flight. The aircraft landed safely, sustaining only minor damage. Leipzig/Halle Airport is one of the most important logistics hubs supporting cargo and military aid shipments to Ukraine. The sequence of incidents is expected to intensify concerns over possible sabotage and the security of critical transport infrastructure. See the latest updates with us: Visioner
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🚨🇩🇪🇺🇦 New details are emerging from the security incident at Leipzig/Halle Airport. German authorities have released footage of the drone found just meters away from a Ukrainian Antonov An-124 cargo aircraft, while a second incident involving a DHL cargo plane has also come to light. According to the latest information, the drone was carrying an improvised explosive device (IED) and was discovered on the airport’s tarmac only a short distance from the Ukrainian transport aircraft. Bomb disposal specialists safely neutralized the device after determining that its detonator was defective, preventing it from exploding. In a separate incident on the same night, a DHL cargo aircraft reportedly struck an unidentified object, possibly another drone, during flight. The aircraft landed safely, sustaining only minor damage. Leipzig/Halle Airport is one of the most important logistics hubs supporting cargo and military aid shipments to Ukraine. The sequence of incidents is expected to intensify concerns over possible sabotage and the security of critical transport infrastructure. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

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A drone carrying nearly two pounds of explosives was found near a Ukrainian military cargo aircraft at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport, one of NATO's most important logistics hubs supporting Ukraine. #drone #germany #russia #geopolitics
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A drone carrying nearly two pounds of explosives was found near a Ukrainian military cargo aircraft at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport, one of NATO's most important logistics hubs supporting Ukraine. #drone #germany #russia #geopolitics

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🇩🇪🇺🇦 An explosive drone turned up next to Ukrainian cargo jets at a major German airport. Leipzig/Halle, the hub that moves Antonov freighters and a ton of military-related cargo, got locked down overnight after the device was spotted meters from a Ukrainian plane. Bomb squad cleared it, flights scrambled, one runway stayed shut. German interior minister is calling it a professional hybrid attack and a new threat level. Same airport that already had a suspected sabotage fire two years ago. This is the latest in a wave of drone probes across European military and logistics sites. Ugly, and getting uglier. Writer: Lucas

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German authorities are investigating how a drone packed with explosives reached Leipzig/Halle Airport. The airport serves as a base for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines which relocated after the Russian invasion in 2022.
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German authorities are investigating how a drone packed with explosives reached Leipzig/Halle Airport. The airport serves as a base for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines which relocated after the Russian invasion in 2022.

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🇩🇪 Germany’s Chancellor Merz: We came within a hair’s breadth of a catastrophe at Leipzig Airport. We were unbelievably lucky that day. This drone carrying explosives failed to detonate during the final part of its approach only because of a small coincidence. Had it detonated, there would have been a major inferno at Leipzig Airport.
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