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- Chancellor Friedrich Merz said a Russian-prepared drone attack on Leipzig/Halle airport was narrowly averted.
- He told the Bundestag that major damage and casualties were avoided only by chance.
- The AfD won a major victory in the Saxony-Anhalt state election.
- The AfD’s platform calls for closer ties with Moscow.
- Russia denied involvement and its foreign minister said the accusations start a real war.
