Drones sighted over critical infrastructure in Schleswig-Holstein
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records multiple drones over Schleswig-Holstein that appeared to scout a power plant, military industrial sites, a hospital and the seat of government; Der Spiegel reported the sightings. It codes the incident as reconnaissance, apparent goal preparation for potential sabotage, target energy / communications infrastructure; military / weapons production infrastructure, location Germany; the dataset dates it only to September 2025, so the date shown is the first of the month. 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
- 1 September 2025
- Where
- Schleswig-Holstein, 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 Der Spiegel
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 |
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The War Record, "Drones sighted over critical infrastructure in Schleswig-Holstein", ev-20261027-vyyt, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-vyyt/