Ukrinform reports this, citing Die Zeit.

"DNA traces were found on the drone. According to Zeit, the same DNA had previously been recorded in Lithuania," the publication writes.

Die Zeit did not specify whom the DNA belongs to, under what circumstances it had previously been recorded in Lithuania, or whether investigators have managed to identify a specific individual. The report also does not claim that the DNA trace has already enabled investigators to identify those who carried out or commissioned the attack.

The publication separately notes that, according to its information, the Ukrainian aircraft at Leipzig Airport were empty at the time of the incident and were not carrying ammunition. This contradicts earlier reports by WDR, NDR, and Süddeutsche Zeitung, which, citing a confidential police document, reported that one of the Antonov aircraft was loaded with ammunition. According to Die Zeit, Germany's Federal Ministry of the Interior privately refuted reports that the aircraft was carrying ammunition.

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As Ukrinform previously reported, German publication Die Zeit earlier stated that the explosives-laden drone discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport last week collided with the wing of a Ukrainian An-124 cargo aircraft, but the explosive device failed to detonate. According to new information, the explosive device itself was found not on the drone but some distance away from it. It is possible that it became detached when the drone struck the aircraft.

According to the publication, the unmanned aerial vehicle was not a commercially produced model but a specially manufactured device with a complex design that could not be detected by conventional drone radar-control systems. The drone was equipped with Semtex explosives.

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