Unknown drone crashes 1km from Bundeswehr base: Major operation underway in Germany

The drone debris was found east of Lake Steinhude in Lower Saxony. According to the State Criminal Police Office (LKA), it crashed in an uninhabited open area.

The crash site is located just one kilometer from the German Armed Forces airbase in Wunstorf. Germany's Defense Ministry has already confirmed this.

Investigators learned about the discovery on Monday. Since the potential debris field is quite large, a large contingent of law enforcement officers and emergency service personnel is working at the site.

The criminal police emphasize that there are currently no signs of any danger to the local population.

It remains unknown who the drone belonged to or where it came from. Law enforcement officers plan to collect all the recovered parts of the unmanned aerial vehicle and send them for detailed examination.

On the night of August 5, a suspicious object was found at Leipzig Airport near the Ukrainian An-124 Ruslan transport aircraft. The airport was temporarily shut down because of the incident. It was later established that the object was a drone.

Later, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt called the incident a "new level of danger" for the country and one of the manifestations of a hybrid threat.

After the incident, German media suggested that the Ukrainian aircraft could have been carrying ammunition. There was also information that the drone had allegedly collided with another unmanned aerial vehicle in midair. Antonov airline denied this information.

It was later reported that the drone had struck the most vulnerable part of the An-124's wing.

It should be noted that on September 1, Germany officially accused Russia of organizing the attack at Leipzig Airport. A few days later, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov publicly spoke about the "beginning of a real war" with Germany.