NATO has said it is upgrading its mission in the Baltic Sea with an air-defence frigate and other assets in response to drone incursions in Denmark.
Unidentified drones were observed near military installations in Denmark overnight, the Armed Forces said, following several drone incursions near airports and critical infrastructure this week.
Police said “one to two drones” were observed yesterday at around 8.15pm local time near and over the Karup military base, the country’s biggest base which houses all of the armed forces’ helicopters, airspace surveillance, flight school and support functions.
Copenhagen Airport, the Nordic region’s busiest, closed for several hours late on Monday as several large drones were seen in its airspace.
Five smaller Danish airports, both civilian and military, were also shut temporarily in the following days.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday that “over recent days, Denmark has been the victim of hybrid attacks,” referring to unconventional warfare.
Investigators have so far failed to identify those responsible, but Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said that the flights appeared to be “the work of a professional actor”.
Ms Frederiksen has pointed the finger at Russia.
“There is one main country that poses a threat to Europe’s security, and it is Russia.”
Russia said it “firmly rejects” any suggestion that it was involved in the Danish incidents.
Its embassy in Copenhagen called them “a staged provocation”, in a post on social media.
In response, NATO will “conduct even more enhanced vigilance with new multi-domain assets in the Baltic Sea region”, it said in a statement.NATO has said it is upgrading its mission in the Baltic Sea with an air-defence frigate and other assets in response to drone incursions in Denmark.
Unidentified drones were observed near military installations in Denmark overnight, the Armed Forces said, following several drone incursions near airports and critical infrastructure this week.
Police said “one to two drones” were observed yesterday at around 8.15pm local time near and over the Karup military base, the country’s biggest base which houses all of the armed forces’ helicopters, airspace surveillance, flight school and support functions.
Copenhagen Airport, the Nordic region’s busiest, closed for several hours late on Monday as several large drones were seen in its airspace.
Five smaller Danish airports, both civilian and military, were also shut temporarily in the following days.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday that “over recent days, Denmark has been the victim of hybrid attacks,” referring to unconventional warfare.
Investigators have so far failed to identify those responsible, but Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said that the flights appeared to be “the work of a professional actor”.
Ms Frederiksen has pointed the finger at Russia.
“There is one main country that poses a threat to Europe’s security, and it is Russia.”
Russia said it “firmly rejects” any suggestion that it was involved in the Danish incidents.
Its embassy in Copenhagen called them “a staged provocation”, in a post on social media.
In response, NATO will “conduct even more enhanced vigilance with new multi-domain assets in the Baltic Sea region”, it said in a statement.
