Joe Barnes
Germany is investigating Russia’s involvement in a mysterious swarm of drones spying on a power plant, hospital and military shipyard.
A fuel refinery and a regional parliament were also targeted in what could be the latest example of Moscow’s hybrid war against Nato.
The unmanned aerial vehicles were spotted flying over the facilities in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s northernmost province, late last week.
An internal government memo, cited by Der Spiegel, the influential German news magazine, claims the critical infrastructure was being measured for size up by the drones’ operators.
Nato allies have come under increasing pressure from Russian-linked hybrid attacks in recent weeks.
This comes on top of accusations of “reckless” violations of the military alliance’s airspace by Russian fighter jets and drones, as tensions escalate between the West and Moscow.
In the latest incident, drones were spotted flying above a military shipyard belonging to Thyssenkrupp, the warship maker, in the port city of Kiel late last Thursday evening.
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