Russian GRU
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, commonly known by the acronym GRU, is the military intelligence and special operations arm of the Russian Ministry of Defence. Its units have been linked by Western governments to cyber operations, sabotage, assassinations and influence campaigns carried out abroad. The GRU sits within the General Staff rather than the civilian intelligence services, and its chief holds the rank of a senior military officer.
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Germany identifies two suspects in Leipzig airport drone attack, blames Russia
German investigators have named a Belarusian citizen and a Russian linked to Russian military intelligence (GRU) as the main suspects in the 4 August drone attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport. A drone carrying explosives hidden in a vegetable tin can landed next to a Ukrainian Antonov cargo aircraft but failed to detonate because of a faulty detonator. On 1 September, Germany officially blamed Russia for the incident and announced the closure of the Russian consulate general in Bonn and the termination of the agreement on the "Russian House" in Berlin; Moscow responded by closing the German consulate general in St. Petersburg and Goethe cultural centers.