Drone sightings close Munich airport
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records that Munich airport closed on 2 and 3 October 2025 because of drone sightings; Politico Europe reported that Chancellor Friedrich Merz suspected the Kremlin. It codes the incident as disruption, apparent goal disrupt (civil) aviation, target civil aviation, location Germany; the dataset dates it to October 2025 and its text gives the day. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 2 October 2025
- Where
- Munich Airport, Germany
- What
- airspace violation
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence Politico Europe
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Drone sightings close Munich airport", ev-20261027-s4x6, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-s4x6/