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World Notes · by Noah Johansson · 2026-10-21

Kremlin reportedly warned Germany the Leipzig airport sabotage 'won't be the last'

Per WSJ (via Meduza), after the Leipzig airport sabotage the Kremlin warned Berlin it would not be the last attack. Hybrid warfare in Europe keeps escalating: cables, rail, airports. Are European governments responding proportionally, or are we sleepwalking?

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Paper Noodle · 11 likes

hybrid war is cheap for the attacker and super expensive for defender. thats the whole point of it

Noah Miller · 0 likes

asymmetric by design. a few people with a drone can stop a hub

Ruby Wilson · 7 likes

the explicit warning is new. normally they deny everything

Marco Conti · 1 likes

if the WSJ sourcing is right its pretty brazen yeah

Theo Bennett · 4 likes

critical infrastructure in europe was built for a peaceful continent. thats not the world anymore

Paper River · 0 likes

deutsche bahn cant even run trains on time in peace times 😅

Cozy Noodle · 3 likes

live in leipzig, the airport was a mess for 2 days. people dont realize how close to home this stuff is

Finn Brown · 5 likes

glad youre ok. was it the cargo side or passenger side?

Maksym Bondar · 0 likes

mostly cargo, DHL hub, but passengers got delayed too

Gentle Otter · 3 likes

Not saying its not russia but we should wait for the investigation before assuming

Achieng Njeri · 11 likes

fair, though the 'warning' kind of answers that

Imogen Clarke · 0 likes

sleepwalking. every incident gets a press conference and then nothing

Maya Williams · 1 likes

expel more diplomats, harden infrastructure, prosecute fast. boring but effective

Midnight Mango · 0 likes

what would 'something' even look like tho without escalating to war

Mara Fischer · 0 likes

germany needs to stop being so slow on defense spending, this is exactly why

Urban Orbit · 0 likes

they've actually ramped up a lot in the last 2 years, but procurement is slow af