German police investigate drones over military base storing Patriot components

Six drones were detected over a German military base in Metternich storing Patriot air-defense components, triggering a police investigation, authorities said. The overnight overflights were spotted by security staff. Two days earlier, police defused a drone carrying explosives at Leipzig airport, where an unknown object also reportedly struck a DHL cargo plane. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt warned of a "new dimension of threat." Chancellor Friedrich Merz convened Germany's national security council Friday. German officials frame the incidents as hybrid warfare involving sabotage, disinformation and cyberattacks; Russia dismissed them as a staged provocation serving Kyiv's interests.