# Berlin using drone incident to divert attention from domestic problems — lawmaker

https://mins.news/en/item/42629

- TASS, 2026-09-02 20:16 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2181505

> Soren Pellmann, co-chair of the Left Party group in Germany’s Bundestag, said Berlin’s measures against Russia over the Leipzig/Halle Airport drone incident were driving an escalation and serving as a pretext to distract from domestic policy failures. He said Germany had provided no concrete evidence of Russian involvement.

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