Overview
- Police found several improvised explosive devices at the Preilack substation that serves the Jänschwalde coal-fired plant and bomb-disposal teams diffused undetonated devices after at least one detonated on Tuesday.
- Power company LEAG said an "attack was carried out" and reported a technical failure in one plant unit that is being examined for a possible link to the explosives.
- Grid operator 50Hertz said perpetrators damaged multiple transmission lines, that service was briefly interrupted on Tuesday, and that all lines have since been restored with the wider power supply unaffected.
- Brandenburg police have opened a criminal investigation and asked the public for information, and the incident is being viewed in the wider security review that follows Germany’s decision to formally blame Russia for an explosive-laden drone found at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
- The site is a key node in the Lausitz grid and the attack follows earlier arson and sabotage episodes in the region, raising the prospect of tighter protection for energy infrastructure and further diplomatic or security measures.