Medvedev claimed that Berlin must be held accountable for attributing blame to Russia, calling for strikes against German factories producing military hardware for Ukraine. He also entertained the possibility of strikes targeting other facilities in Berlin.

Germany said on Tuesday that it had concluded that Russia was responsible for the attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport and ordered a series of measures in response, including the closure of

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has described the thwarted drone attack at Germany's Leipzig-Halle Airport as bearing "all the hallmarks of state-sponsored terrorism.”