The heads of Nato and the European Commission have warned Russia is growing increasingly reckless and vowed to respond to a "new normal".
"Leipzig marks a new escalation on European Union soil directly attributed to Russia," said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a day after Germany blamed Russia for a failed drone attack on Leipzig airport.
Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte said the alliance, which includes the US, stood "in full solidarity with Germany".
Russia rejects accusations it targeted a Ukrainian cargo plane on 4 August with an explosives-laden drone.
It has responded to new German sanctions by saying it will close Germany's Goethe-Institut cultural centres in Russia.
The drone was defused by a robot at Leipzig/Halle airport and a second drone is thought to have collided with another cargo plane.
A third drone was reportedly found 10 days later at the airport, which is an important Nato hub and is regularly used by Ukrainian Antonov transport aircraft.
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