Russia’s failed drone attack on a German airport was part of a dangerous pattern of escalation that risks sparking an open confrontation with NATO.
German officials declared this week that the Russian state was behind the attack, in which one explosive drone hit a parked Ukrainian cargo plane and another appeared to collide with a plane taking off. Both drones failed to detonate.
“Europeans are faced with the hard truth that this is the new normal,” Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Union’s executive arm, said on Wednesday. “We have to step up, and that means being ready to respond to Russia’s recklessness better and faster.”
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