Denmark calls drones near airports a

A series of incursions by unidentified drones In Denmark, which caused the temporary closure of two affected military airports and facilities were part of a “hybrid attack,” said the country’s defense minister on Thursday. Meanwhile, the police in neighboring Norway said they had seized a drone near Oslo airport, the News news agency reported and the police said that more drone activity was reported in Denmark later on Thursday, according to local media.

A public prosecutor in Norway said Thursday that there was nothing to immediately suggest any link between the Oslo incident and the drones seen in Denmark, according to News.

Although neither Danish nor Norwegian officials have accused anyone of responsibility, the incidents come with many European nations alerts after incursions of Russian drone aircraft and combat planes in Poland, Romania and Estonia.

At a press conference together with the Minister of Justice and the Police of Denmark, Defense Minister Troels Lond Poulen said that what a “professional actor” had been responsible for drone raids in that country.

Poulen said that different types of drones had been seen in several places, including almost critical infrastructure and military areas, and that it seemed to be part of a “systematic” attack by a “professional actor.” He gave no more details about what he meant with that term, or who had referred, but added that “there is still no direct military threat to Denmark.”

Poulen said that Denmark was considering requesting consultations under article 4 of NATO, which allows member states to discuss issues of concern with the rest of the alliance. He pointed out that the country had already communicated with NATO and was planning to communicate with the European Union to discuss drones.

He said there was no evidence that Russia was behind that attack.

A series of drone raids in Denmark

On Wednesday, the second largest airport in Denmark, Billund, closed for an hour, and another airport used for commercial and military flights closed for three hours, the police said, citing drone sightings, according to local media and the Reuters news agency.

Drones were also unidentified during the night about two other airports and an air base, which is home to some of the F-35 and F-16 combat aircraft in Denmark, Reuters reported.

The National Police said the drones followed patterns similar to others that arrested flights for four hours at Copenhagen airport earlier for the week, according to Reuters. After that incident, Jens Jespersen, of the Copenhagen Police, said that those responsible seemed to be showing their skills, and added that the number, the large size and flight patterns of the unidentified drones combined indicated “that he is an actor capable that actor capable, I do not know.”

On Tuesday, in response to those previous incidents, the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, said that “it certainly could not rule out in any way that Russia is” behind the activity of the drones, describing it as “the most serious attack against the Danish critical infrastructure to date.”

She said the reason for the attacks was likely, “obviously: interrupt and create disturbances. To cause concern. To see how far you can go and try the limits,” according to politician.

Russia dismisses “unfounded accusations” about the possible participation

During an informative session on Tuesday in Moscow, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the accusations that Russia could be responsible for drone incursions.

“Every time they make unfounded accusations, frankly, it leads to the continuation of such statements that are no longer taken into account, because every time we hear unfounded accusations,” said Peskov, according to Russia’s State Interfax News Agency. “Maybe a country that takes a serious position should not make accusations such unfounded again and again.”

The Russian Embassy in Denmark, in a statement on Thursday, said that “incidents that involve interruptions reported in Danish airports are a staged provocation. Without a doubt, they will be used as a pretext to further increase the tension in the interest of the forces that seek by all means to prolong the Ukrainian conflict and extend it to other countries.”

“The Russian side firmly rejects the absurd speculation of participation in the incidents,” said the embassy.

The Russian drones were detected in the airspace over Poland and Romania this month, and three Russian combat planes were intercepted in Estonia’s airspace last Friday.

Denmark Minister of Justice, Peter Hummelgaard, said Thursday that “the new capabilities to detect and neutralize drones should be acquired”, and that the incursions in the Demark’s airspace should be seen as “a long series of deeply worrying episodes throughout Europe,” local media reported.

“The objective of this type of hybrid attacks is to create fear, create division and make us fear,” said Hummelgaard.

The US combat planes were fought on Wednesday, meanwhile, to identify and intercept four Russian combat planes Flying near Alaskasaid the Aerospace Defense Command of North America. It was the last of a series of Russian military flights in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, which is an international airspace on the United States coast.

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