The heads of Nato and the European Commission have warned that Russia is growing increasingly reckless and vowed to respond to a “new normal”. Russia has rejected German accusations that a drone carrying explosives deliberately targeted a Ukrainian cargo plane on 4 August. The drone was defused by a robot at Leipzig/Halle airport and a second drone is thought to have collided with another cargo plane. A third drone was reportedly found 10 days later at the airport, which is an important Nato hub and is regularly used by Ukrainian Antonov transport aircraft.The interior minister said that the drone’s configuration, components, explosives and detonator were all known from other Russian hybrid operations. Is Russia trying to escalate this war ?
