World · Coverage Brief · August 8, 2026

German authorities investigate explosive-equipped drone found near Ukrainian cargo planes at Leipzig/Halle Airport

German police defused an explosive-equipped drone found near the south runway at Leipzig/Halle Airport, close to parked Ukrainian Antonov cargo planes. Investigators have not identified who launched it, why it was there or whether a separate object that struck a cargo aircraft was another drone.

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