>In the Bundestag, the heads of the intelligence services report on the activities of Russian secret services. The explosive device in a parcel was a particularly dangerous case of sabotage.
>Berlin – According to the intelligence services, Germany narrowly avoided an air crash in July when an air freight parcel was set on fire, presumably by Russia. It was only thanks to a lucky coincidence that the parcel caught fire on the ground at the DHL logistics centre in Leipzig and not during the flight, said the President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang, during a public questioning of the German secret services in the Bundestag. Otherwise the plane would have crashed. Security circles assume that the incident is connected to Russian sabotage.
>According to dpa information, the fortunate coincidence was that the onward flight of the cargo parcel from the Baltic States was delayed in Leipzig. The parcel contained an incendiary device that ignited there and set fire to a freight container.
>At a meeting of the Bundestag’s Parliamentary Control Committee (PKGr), top members of the intelligence services warned the public against naivety. Putin had long since declared Germany an enemy, emphasised the presidents of the three intelligence services. According to Haldenwang, if the plane had crashed over a populated area, people who ‘sympathise with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and his goals’ might have been affected.
>‘We are observing aggressive behaviour by the Russian intelligence services,’ explained Haldenwang. In particular, espionage and sabotage by Russian actors had increased in Germany – ‘both quantitatively and qualitatively’.
machtiiin on
A delay that thwarts a terrorist attack is the most German thing we will read today.
HertogJanVanBrabant on
Russia is actively sabotaging and hacking Western countries. How is this not seen as an attack on NATO countries?
KGarveth on
How is this sabotage and not terrorism?
Ellixhirion on
Are we really going to wait until EU citizens die?
mangalore-x_x on
Russia has been sabotaging the Deutsche Bahn for years now, but are close to giving up because nobody notices and on several occasions their efforts accidently made the delays shorter instead of longer. /j
RockHardValue on
Give Ukraine whatever they want and let them use it however they want
1badd on
Yeah let’s try not to escalate, Mr. Scholz
Joaquimserrano on
There is also a Bomb threat on the Ukrainian embassy in Portugal…
azaghal1988 on
“sabotage” is a weird way to spell terrorism.
cleg on
Deep concern!
Iant-Iaur on
Germany, this is what you get for withholding Taurus.
Ill-Needleworker1189 on
Russia keep doing whatever they want without facing any consequences.
Anooj4021 on
What sort of plane was this? The article mentions parcels, so I take it this was a freight rather than passenger plane? Still worrying, obviously.
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Translated via deepl:
>In the Bundestag, the heads of the intelligence services report on the activities of Russian secret services. The explosive device in a parcel was a particularly dangerous case of sabotage.
>Berlin – According to the intelligence services, Germany narrowly avoided an air crash in July when an air freight parcel was set on fire, presumably by Russia. It was only thanks to a lucky coincidence that the parcel caught fire on the ground at the DHL logistics centre in Leipzig and not during the flight, said the President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Thomas Haldenwang, during a public questioning of the German secret services in the Bundestag. Otherwise the plane would have crashed. Security circles assume that the incident is connected to Russian sabotage.
>According to dpa information, the fortunate coincidence was that the onward flight of the cargo parcel from the Baltic States was delayed in Leipzig. The parcel contained an incendiary device that ignited there and set fire to a freight container.
>At a meeting of the Bundestag’s Parliamentary Control Committee (PKGr), top members of the intelligence services warned the public against naivety. Putin had long since declared Germany an enemy, emphasised the presidents of the three intelligence services. According to Haldenwang, if the plane had crashed over a populated area, people who ‘sympathise with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin and his goals’ might have been affected.
>‘We are observing aggressive behaviour by the Russian intelligence services,’ explained Haldenwang. In particular, espionage and sabotage by Russian actors had increased in Germany – ‘both quantitatively and qualitatively’.
A delay that thwarts a terrorist attack is the most German thing we will read today.
Russia is actively sabotaging and hacking Western countries. How is this not seen as an attack on NATO countries?
How is this sabotage and not terrorism?
Are we really going to wait until EU citizens die?
Russia has been sabotaging the Deutsche Bahn for years now, but are close to giving up because nobody notices and on several occasions their efforts accidently made the delays shorter instead of longer. /j
Give Ukraine whatever they want and let them use it however they want
Yeah let’s try not to escalate, Mr. Scholz
There is also a Bomb threat on the Ukrainian embassy in Portugal…
“sabotage” is a weird way to spell terrorism.
Deep concern!
Germany, this is what you get for withholding Taurus.
Russia keep doing whatever they want without facing any consequences.
What sort of plane was this? The article mentions parcels, so I take it this was a freight rather than passenger plane? Still worrying, obviously.
act of war