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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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EU to hit back at Russia after drone attack as Germany probes new sabotage cases

Wicklow, Ireland/Berlin: European Union members called on Wednesday for new sanctions against ​Russia after an attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle ​Airport in Germany that the EU's foreign policy chief said bore the hallmarks of state-sponsored ​terrorism.

Airport workers last month found a drone laden with explosives and a detonator at the airport, an important civilian freight and NATO logistics hub in eastern Germany that is also a base for several giant Ukrainian Antonov An-124 cargo planes.

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