The Leipzig GRU file and the Presov case

German investigative files on the attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport name the suspects for the first time and link one of them to Russian military intelligence. According to the files, authorities knew about that link when he landed, yet did not place him under surveillance. A case with a similar pattern is running near Presov, Slovakia, with four people charged and one awaiting extradition from Germany.

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Podľa spisov Nemecko o jeho väzbe na GRU vedelo pri prílete. Po pokuse o útok dronom je späť v Rusku

Nemeckí vyšetrovatelia podľa spisov vedeli o jeho väzbe na GRU už pri prílete, no nesledovali ho. Pri Prešove sa podobný prípad skončil zásahom pred…

14.9.2026

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Germany's Federal Prosecutor filed formal charges in the Leipzig case and named the service the suspects allegedly worked for.
Slovak authorities publicly named who commissioned the attack on the plant in Haniska.
The German parliament or an oversight body examined whether surveillance failed in the case of a man with a known GRU link.

What has happened

The Latvian detained in Hamburg was extradited to Slovakia and joined the defendants in the Presov case. Nemecko ho 16. októbra vydalo na Slovensko a Okresný súd Prešov ho vzal do väzby. https://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/6gKaRpL/sud-poslal-do-vazby-lotysa-spajaneho-s-planovanym-utokom-na-tovaren-v-haniske/ 27.10.2026
The regional court in Presov ruled on the appeals against the custody of the two people charged in August. Krajský súd v Prešove sťažnosti oboch obvinených proti väzbe zamietol, obaja ostávajú vo väzbe (správa z 26. 9. 2026). → Podozriví z útoku fabriku vyrabajúcu drony pri Prešove zostávajú vo väzbe 26.9.2026

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