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[^2]\n\nElectricity grid operator Amprion, which is majority-owned by Germany's largest power producer RWE RWEG.DE, said it was likely that external interference caused the incident and that power supply and grid stability were upheld throughout. [^3]\n\nLocal police said they were investigating an act of premeditated vandalism on the technical infrastructure of a power substation near the western city of Bergheim at 1800 GMT on Tuesday. [^4]\n\nRWE said in a separate statement that the incident had prompted five lignite power plant units with 4,200 megawatts (MW) in combined capacity to go off the grid. [^5]\n\nAirport workers found a drone laden with explosives and a detonator at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany on August 5, 2026. [^6]\n\nInvestigators have identified the logistics coordinator and instructor behind the attack as a man Russian-born but holding a Latvian passport, believed to have ties to Russian intelligence. 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