Overview
- The Military Counterintelligence Service said October marked the highest month to date for drone sightings over Bundeswehr locations, with incidents increasingly centered on naval infrastructure.
- MAD vice president Torsten Akmann did not provide specific totals or explain the shift toward maritime sites.
- The Federal Criminal Police Office recorded a low four‑digit number of suspected politically motivated overflights across the first nine months of the year, noting that these counts are provisional and subject to removal if no offense is found.
- Police in Mecklenburg‑Western Pomerania opened a probe after four drones were reported over a Bundeswehr site in Gnoien on October 13; according to Spiegel, Ukrainian soldiers were being trained there and the devices were not intercepted.
- Bavarian police launched an investigation in January on suspicion of Russian espionage after multiple drone sightings over military sites, and authorities have not publicly confirmed who is behind the broader activity.