"Was it Russia?" Is the Leipzig drone attack part of a hybrid war? | Berlin Briefing Podcast
Did Russia just send a drone laden with Semtex explosives to attack Ukrainian transport planes at the German supply hub Leipzig Airport? More than a
Did Russia just send a drone laden with Semtex explosives to attack Ukrainian transport planes at the German supply hub Leipzig Airport? More than a week after the attack, the German government still wonât use the âRâ word for Russia when asked about the source of the attack. But it is increasingly sounding like a ânot yetâ. DWâs Michaela KĂŒfner asks security analyst Hans-Jakob Schindler, disinformation expert Julia Smirnova and DW Moscow bureau chief-in-exile Juri Rescheto to piece together what we know.
How exposed is Germany to what the government admits are âdaily attacks in a hybrid warâ? And what can and should we read into the awkward official silence on Russia? #dwgermanpolitics 00:00 Was it Russia? Evidence so far 02:19 Politics of attribution 03:51 Baltic states sound alarms 07:09 Germanyâs daily hybrid threat 09:01 Russiaâs election playbook 12:01 How hybrid warfare works 15:07 Is Germany prepared? 18:30 Lessons from the Baltics 21:21 A NATO problem?
25:45 Fighting back in cyberspace 28:30 Hybrid war is already here 32:12 New security reality For more of DW's reporting on the issues discussed in this episode, please see the links below. How Baltic states are responding to Russia's hybrid warfare German government agrees new powers for intelligence agencies | DW News Germany's drone defenses: are they fit for purpose? | DW News You can listen
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