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[^1]\n\nGerman authorities launched investigations into two suspected attacks on electricity substations in different parts of the country on Wednesday. [^2]\n\nDmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, posted on Telegram that Russia could kill leaders of Western countries, primarily European ones. [^3]\n\nA suspected attack attempt on a power plant (Umspannwerk) near Cologne is the subject of the investigation and the minister's statement. [^4]\n\nGermany announced counter-measures on Tuesday, including shutting Russia's consulate in Bonn and canceling a contract for a Russian cultural centre in Berlin. [^5]\n\nNorth Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul said officials were probing whether the attacks were directed by a foreign state or left-wing extremism. [^6]\n\nRussia summoned Germany's charge d'affaires to protest what it called anti-Russian actions following Berlin's announcement of sanctions over an attempted drone attack on Leipzig airport. [^7]\n\nDmitry Medvedev stated that Berlin's accusation of an unproven attack on Leipzig Airport was a fabricated act of sabotage by the current German leadership. [^8]\n\nDmitry Medvedev suggested that Russia deserves a direct strike on all German military equipment production facilities and several other locations in Berlin. [^9]\n\nMultiple explosive devices were found Tuesday morning at a substation near the Jänschwalde coal-fired power plant in Brandenburg, and a short circuit knocked power lines out of service at the Bergheim power substation near Cologne. 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