A spokesman for the German Interior Ministry said on Sunday that Berlin is planning to take a wide package of measures. To strengthen its defenses against “drone attacks, hacking, and other forms of Russian sabotage,” following a failed drone attack on an airport last month.
Bild am Sonntag newspaper quoted Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt as saying that Russian multi-media attacks have become part of the daily reality, adding, “These attacks will increase, but we are able to defend and protect ourselves.”
Russia has always rejected accusations that it is carrying out operations in Western Europe, and denied its involvement in the attack on the German airport, saying that it would respond to what its Foreign Ministry spokeswoman described as “anti-Russian action.” The Russian TASS news agency quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying that these accusations represent “the beginning of a real war.”
According to the newspaper’s report, quoting the German Ministry of the Interior, “the capabilities of the mobile police to confront drones will be expanded within the framework of the plan, with quick-deployed units stationed to confront the drones in cities to protect the airspace above vital transportation centers and government areas.” The report added that companies that manage critical infrastructure, such as electricity utilities and defense equipment manufacturers, will be given the legal authority not only to monitor drones, but also to effectively confront them.
A national protective shield, or what is known as a “Cyber Dome,” will be established, including a network of digital sensors designed to detect and intercept attempted cyberattacks. The government also intends to expand the use of AI-powered technologies, biometric facial recognition, and video surveillance, for example at railway stations, to identify attackers suspected of planning to commit acts of sabotage.
Polish authorities said, on Sunday, that there was a suspicion of a violation of the country's airspace, which later turned out to be the source of a large flock of birds coming from the other side of the border with Belarus.
A spokesman for the Polish Armed Forces Operations Command told Reuters that the incident prompted the Polish army to send helicopters to verify information about the possible violation detected by the radio positioning systems shortly after noon today, local time.
The army added: “The indicators detected by the radar systems were not related to a violation of Polish airspace, but rather were caused by a large flock of birds, the passage of which the airspace monitoring systems detected.”
The Polish Air Navigation Authority stated in a separate publication that Jeszów Airport in the southeast of the country had resumed operations after suspending them for a short period to facilitate the movement of military aviation.
A German newspaper reported on Sunday, citing the Interior Ministry, that the authorities are planning to take a wide range of measures to strengthen their defenses against drone attacks, cyber hacking and other forms of Russian sabotage, following a failed drone attack on an airport last month.
Bild am Sonntag newspaper quoted Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt as saying that Russian multi-media attacks have become part of the daily reality, adding that “these attacks will increase, but we are capable of defending and protecting ourselves.”
Russia has always rejected accusations that it is carrying out operations in Western Europe, and denied its involvement in the attack on the German airport, saying that it would respond to what its Foreign Ministry spokeswoman described as “anti-Russian action.”
According to the newspaper’s report, citing the German Ministry of the Interior, the capabilities of the mobile police to confront drones will be expanded within the framework of the plan, with quick-deployed units being stationed to confront the drones in cities to protect the airspace above vital transportation centers and government areas.
The report added that companies that manage critical infrastructure, such as electricity utilities and defense equipment manufacturers, will be given the legal authority not only to monitor drones, but also to effectively confront them.
A national protective shield, or what is known as a “Cyber Dome,” will be created, which will include a network of digital sensors designed to detect and intercept attempted electronic attacks.
The government also intends to expand the use of AI-powered technologies, biometric facial recognition, and video surveillance, for example at railway stations, to identify suspected attackers planning to commit acts of sabotage. The Ministry of Interior did not immediately comment on the report.
