Julia Smirnova
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Aug 14, 2026
“Was it Russia?” Is the Leipzig drone attack part of a hybrid war?
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Michaela KüfnerHOST
Can you draw this together for us? What do you see when you look at Germany right now?

Julia SmirnovaGUEST
Well, the investigation, as mentioned, is still in, at the early stages, but there are parallels with previous cases, and the target of the attack, but also the patterns point strongly towards Russia.

Julia SmirnovaGUEST
And this is not the first incident, not just in Germany, but in other European countries, that Russia is trying to subvert countries, European countries that support Ukraine, particularly NATO countries.

Julia SmirnovaGUEST
In September, there will be several regional elections in Germany, and currently we are seeing disinformation campaigns that Minister Dobrindt had mentioned targeting three regional election and one municipal election in Lower Saxony, and this is very ...

Julia SmirnovaGUEST
It's not the first time that Russia is trying to interfere in federal election in Germany, but the first time that this year that regional politicians are targeted by those campaigns.

Julia SmirnovaGUEST
We're seeing numerous fake videos with logos of established media outlets that are spread on social media trying to discredit candidates from democratic parties, from CDU, SPD, FTP, the Greens.

Michaela KüfnerHOST
Can you just give us a sense of scale, of the scale of the attacks that Germany is seeing?