His statement follows earlier incidents, reported by The Wall Street Journal, at DHL logistics hubs in Leipzig and Birmingham, involving unconventional incendiary devices, which were linked to broader Russian sabotage efforts.

German leaders raised the possibility that a fiery cargo plane crash in Lithuania on Monday was the result of sabotage or hybrid warfare.

Investigations are under way after a DHL cargo plane travelling from Germany to Lithuania crashed on Monday, killing one person and injuring three. The head of the Lithuanian rescue service, Renatas Požėla,