Drones were spotted over the base of the German armed forces in Gnoien, southeast of the city of Rostock, during the ongoing training of Ukrainian soldiersDer Spiegel magazine wrote on Friday. TASR informs according to the report of the DPA agency.
The Ministry of the Interior of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern confirmed, without giving further details, that the local police are investigating the incident. Spiegel said that the incident happened back on October 13. Neither the German armed forces nor the police could stop the four drones. The police in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are investigating unknown persons for “security-threatening photography” of military installations, writes DPA.
The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) recorded a low four-digit number of drone overflights in the first nine months of this year across Germany, over Bundeswehr sites, arms companies and critical infrastructure. He believes that these flights probably had a political backgroundthe spokesperson of the office told DPA.
BKA has been recording incidents since the beginning of the year. The cases are then removed from the records if, during the investigation, it turns out that there was no political motive, or that the flight did not constitute a criminal offenseadds the German agency.
