Accounts on several social media platforms, including anonymous ones, report indications that the saboteurs' text could have been translated from Russian using artificial intelligence. This thesis gained notoriety when Roderich Kiesewetter, a CDU deputy to the Bundestag, shared an entry on the X website.
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One of the arguments is the incorrect spelling of names. American Vice President JD Vance is called “Vans” in the statement, and the surname of Berlin senator and former mayor Franziska Giffey is spelled “Giffay.” These errors are interpreted as the result of transliteration from Cyrillic.
“They provide no indication”
However, “FAZ” believes that in the case of transliteration from Cyrillic, the surname of the US vice president should be “Vens”. “Also, spelling and grammatical errors as well as numerous clumsy expressions do not constitute any indication of the existence of a Russian original,” the newspaper says.
The author or authors of the letter explain that they wanted to “place their act in the context of global resistance.” The list of “enemies of humanity”, starting with US President Donald Trump and ending with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, also includes Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
“Only those in power”
Saturday's attack, which involved setting fire to cables on one of the bridges, was claimed by the extremist left-wing Vulkangruppe, which in a document submitted to the authorities stated its goals were “only those in power” and an attack on the “fossil fuel industry.” The group has already carried out sabotage attacks on critical infrastructure in Germany in the past. She is being prosecuted by federal prosecutors, including: on terrorism charges.
As a result of the attack, nearly 50,000 people lost access to electricity. households in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district in southwest Berlin. By Tuesday, power had been restored to half of the homes. From At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, electricity flowed again to most residents. It was the longest mass power outage in the German capital since the end of World War II.
