“The representative of the German military intelligence did not name specific figures and did not indicate the reasons for the apparent shift in the focus of attention to naval facilities”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The Bundeswehr (armed forces) has critical infrastructure. At the moment, among the types of armed forces (from drone surveillance), the navy suffers,” said the vice president of German military intelligence BAMAD Torsten Ackmann.
Ackmann did not name specific numbers and did not indicate the reasons for the apparent shift in focus to naval facilities.
Also, according to Der Spiegel, on October 13, drones were spotted over the base of the German armed forces in Gnojen, southeast of the city of Rostock, during the training of Ukrainian soldiers. According to the report, the police are investigating the activities of unknown persons for “filming that threatens the security” of military facilities.
Across Germany, the Federal Criminal Police Office recorded a low four-figure number of suspected politically motivated drone flights over Bundeswehr facilities, arms companies and critical infrastructure in the first nine months of this year, a spokesman for the agency told dpa. The office has been recording similar incidents since the beginning of the year.
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Germany has the largest western navy in the Baltic region. The Baltic Sea became more important for NATO after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The Russian Baltic Fleet is based near the Kaliningrad exclave.
Drones have often been spotted over army and air force bases, particularly those that train the Ukrainian military. In January, German police launched an investigation into suspected Russian espionage after drones were spotted flying over several military bases in Bavaria.
In September, NATO countries several times accused Russia of an unprecedented violation of their airspace. The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that numerous violations of EU airspace are a consistent campaign aimed at dividing Europe and weakening support for Ukraine. Russia rejects the accusations.