Media: NATO Airbase In Germany Was Threatened By Russian Drone Sabotage
2- 26.08.2024, 16:47
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German intelligence received a serious tip.
The German airbase in Geilenkirchen, where the alert level was raised last week, was likely threatened by a Russian drone.
As reported by the European Pravda, the DPA agency learned about this from its own sources in the German intelligence services, as reported in the publication Morgenpost.
The agency noted that there were intelligence conclusions regarding the base in Geilenkirchen, according to which the threat of a “Russian sabotage act” was considered probable.
The agency learned from sources that German intelligence received a serious tip from a foreign intelligence service “about preparatory actions for a probable Russian sabotage act against a NATO base using a drone.”
NATO headquarters in Brussels, like the Geilenkirchen air base itself, remained silent about the possible threat last week.
A spokesman for the base dismissed the drone speculation as “absurd”, and the Cologne police have taken over the investigation. The federal prosecutor's office is not investigating the matter.
Last week, NATO's Geilenkirchen air base in North Rhine-Westphalia stepped up security measures over a possible threat. This was done as a precaution after US intelligence warned of a possible attack on the base.
After nothing happened, security was lowered again on Friday.