Kaja Kallas asks EU: "what do we do about this?" after Leipzig airport drone incident

European Union foreign ministers met Wednesday in Wicklow, Ireland, where Kaja Kallas addressed an incident involving an explosives-carrying drone at Leipzig airport, which Germany has blamed on Russia. Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, said the episode appeared to be state-backed terrorism and asked what action the bloc should take next. She said the EU had summoned Russia’s envoy, with member states doing the same, and ministers discussed sanctions on 1,600 people and entities tied to Russia’s defense industry. France’s foreign minister said Paris had summoned Russia’s envoy and that the act would not go unanswered; Lithuania urged a stronger EU response. Germany has closed a Russian consulate and ended a Berlin cultural center contract. Vladimir Putin called the sanctions plan a serious mistake. The EU and NATO describe such incidents as a Russian attempt to destabilize Ukraine’s backers.