Russian intelligence services are conducting reconnaissance drone flights over eastern Germany to track US and European military supply lines.
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Russia or unspecified Russian proxies are flying surveillance drones over routes that the United States and its allies use to ferry military supplies through eastern Germany, collecting intelligence
Russia or its representatives carried out reconnaissance drone flights over routes used by the US and allies to transport military cargo through eastern Germany
The purpose of these operations was to collect intelligence for sabotage and to support Russian troops in Ukraine
The origin of the drones has not yet been traced, but experts believe they are controlled by Russian special services or their agents
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