German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he assumes Russia was behind the incursion of 'reconnaissance drones' that sparked chaos at Munich Airport and left over 10,000 passengers stranded this weekend.
He added that the frequency of the incursions in Europe's airspace was unprecedented even compared with Cold War times.
Merz noted that all the drones responsible for the disruption had been on reconnaissance flights.
'Our assumption is that Russia is behind most of these drone flights,' he said.
Munich Airport, one of Germany's biggest, was forced to cancel flights late on Thursday and Friday, before reopening from 7.00am local time (6.00am BST) on Saturday.
