The Guardian reports:
The German government has blamed Russia for the drone attack on Leipzig airport last month, calling it “dangerous behaviour” and part of a systematic and concerted effort by Moscow to “cause great damage” through a large number of hybrid attacks.
The interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, and the foreign minister, Johann Wadephul, ended weeks of speculation and the government’s hesitancy to blame Russia, saying in a brisk 10-minute briefing in Berlin that all indications were the Russian state had provided the knowhow and equipment for the planned attack and “low-level agents” were recruited to carry it out.
A drone loaded with explosives was discovered at Leipzig/Halle airport on 4 August near a Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane used to transport weapons to Ukraine. It failed to detonate but could have caused a catastrophe, authorities said.
Who knows whether it was programmed to detonate? That is not explained.
If it was supposed to detonate then this is a pretty lame Russian operation as exactly nothing at all happened except a major diplomatic incident.
Meanwhile, over in Burma (Myanmar), the Free Press Journal reports:
NIA [National Investigation Agency] links accused to Myanmar aircraft attack
The agency told the court that the central government had received "credible information" regarding the alleged involvement of American and Ukrainian nationals in a drone strike targeting a Myanmar National Airlines aircraft on February 20.
The aircraft, an ATR-72-600 bearing registration XY-AMI, was preparing for a domestic flight from Myitkyina to Mandalay when it was targeted. At around 8:12 PM local time, as passengers were boarding, at least two FPV kamikaze drones reportedly attacked the plane.
The drones were allegedly fitted with RPG-type warheads. The strike damaged several sections of the aircraft, including its nose, fuselage and tail.
Apparently, Ukrainians are much better at this than Russians.
They can hit a small twin prop passenger aircraft whereas the Russians can't hit a massive Antonov cargo plane that is the size of a Jumbo jet.
Go figure.