German investigators have identified two men with ties to Russia as suspects in last month's attempted drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig Airport, local media reported on Wednesday.
Federal investigators are focusing on a Russian-born man holding a Latvian passport and a Belarusian national who also carries a Russian passport, according to public broadcasters NDR and WDR and daily Suddeutsche Zeitung.
Investigators believe the Latvian passport holder acted as a logistician and instructor, according to the reports. He entered Germany in late July via Berlin Brandenburg Airport, traveled toward Leipzig in a rental car and left the country by air from the same airport two days before the attempted strike.
Investigators said he has connections to Russian intelligence, the reports added.
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Germany has ordered the staff of the Russian Consulate General in Bonn to leave the country by September 18, Russian Ambassador to Berlin Sergey Nechayev reported.
ReplyDeleteThe diplomat noted that, in accordance with a decision by the German authorities, the Consulate General in Bonn will be closed by September 18.
"These deadlines have been set. Consulate General staff will have to leave Germany by that time," the Russian ambassador empasized.
Finland will summon Russia’s ambassador over a drone incident at Germany’s Leipzig Airport, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said Wednesday, according to Finnish public broadcaster YLE.
ReplyDeleteValtonen made the remarks as she arrived for an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Wicklow, Ireland, saying Finland supports Germany’s efforts to increase pressure on Moscow.