DISINFO: Germany's response to Leipzig Airport attack is hysterical and its accusations baseless
SUMMARY
German authorities have blamed Russia for the attack on Leipzig Airport in early August and have decided to close the Russian Consulate General in Bonn by September 18 and terminate the agreement concerning the Russian House in Berlin. Berlin is also preparing new sanctions lists against Russia within the European Union.
The Russian House and the Russian Consulate General had been a nuisance to the German authorities for a long time and Germany had finally found a pretext to close them. Berlin was involved in fuelling the Ukrainian conflict and participating in terrorist attacks, and had not provided any evidence to support its accusations. [...]
What is happening now is steeped in populism and hysteria, two essential elements for parties that call for 'war with Russia,' such as the CDU/CSU alliance and the Green Party.
RESPONSE
This is a recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative that frames defensive European responses to Russian hybrid warfare as unprovoked aggression and anti-Russian political hysteria.
German authorities announced the diplomatic counter-measures mentioned in the article following a detailed law enforcement and intelligence investigation into an attempted explosive drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport on 4 August.
The German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul confirmed that the means used in the attack—such as the drone configuration, components, explosives and detonation systems—are similar to other hybrid operations by Russia. He added that the attack fit the pattern of a "long series of destabilization operations" against Europe.
German Interior Minister Dobrindt said in early September that "patterns of the crime and intelligence findings substantiate Russian responsibility for the attempted attack".
In fact, the explosive drone discovery at Leipzig airport forms part of an escalated, multi-country campaign of state-sponsored sabotage targeting defence infrastructure across Europe. Throughout August alone, suspicious fires, arson attempts, and explosions struck defence manufacturers and military supply lines in Poland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, and Slovakia—ranging from drone production plants to ammunition facilities.
European security services and defence analysts point to a deliberate strategy by Moscow using hybrid operations and recruited proxies to target logistics, intimidate European nations, and test NATO’s defensive boundaries in response to support for Ukraine.
Moreover, the claim that Germany is "fuelling the Ukrainian conflict" or "participating in terrorist attacks" is part of a broader pro-Kremlin narrative to shift responsibility for the devastation its full-scale invasion of Ukraine has caused. German military and logistical assistance to Ukraine is fully compliant with international law, supporting Ukraine in exercising its inherent right of collective self-defence under Article 51 of the UN Charter against Russia's unprovoked full-scale invasion.
Pro-Kremlin outlets routinely label lawful international support for Ukraine as "terrorism" to divert attention from Russia's documented acts of state-backed sabotage and violations of international law across European nations.
See similar cases that accusations of Russia's involvement in the Vrbětice bombings are baseless, that Angela Merkel spreads anti-Russian hysteria, that Denmark's arrest of Russian citizen is anti-Russian hysteria, that Bulgaria's expulsion of two Russian diplomats is baseless, that there is no evidence of Moscow's involvement in the 2014 Vrbetice explosion, and that allegations of a Russian role in the Vrbetice explosion are part of a Russophobic smear campaign.