Drone alarm in front of the Danish EU summit – Bundeswehr in action

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Drone alarm in front of the Danish EU summit – Bundeswehr in action

Again, drones are spotted at Danish military locations – only days before important EU meetings. The Bundeswehr reacts as well as the government, which makes a far -reaching decision.

A few days before two EU peaks in Copenhagen, drones of unknown origin have been spotted again at Danish military locations. The German Bundeswehr sent support forces early on Sunday morning, they are intended to secure the informal meeting of the EU heads of state and government on October 1st and the conference of the European Political Community the following day. The “Hamburg” frigate was in Copenhagen at noon.

The presence of the ship of the German Navy, which is used as part of the NATO mission “Baltic Sentry” to secure the Baltic Sea, send a clear signal for security and unity within the alliance, a NATO spokesman told TV2. The Danish Ministry of Transport announced that the entire Danish airspace will be closed to civilian drone flights from Monday to Friday.

From Monday on days in Copenhagen the EU development aid minister. There has been a drone alarm in the Scandinavian NATO country for days. It is not excluded that a state like Russia is responsible.

Several civilian and military airports were affected by the incidents that were classified by the Danish government as “hybrid attack”. Last Monday, Copenhagen capital airport had to be closed for hours after drone sightings. As a result, other smaller airports were affected. At the weekend, drones were again reported to military base points.

The chief command of the Danish armed forces initially made no further information on the new sightings on Sunday. According to the Ritzau news agency, it was also not clear whether the drones were first observed by the armed forces themselves or by others. It is also unclear whether there is a connection with the previous incidents.

During the sightings during the week, the investigators assume a professional player with the necessary skills that wants to create unrest in NATO country. In a message from his message in Denmark on Thursday, Russia rejected suspicions of being responsible for the incidents.

The German Ministry of Defense announced that Denmark had asked for various nations for supporting EU peaks. The background is the massive, nationwide incidents with “unmanned unmanned unmanned aircraft, especially in the environment of civil and military infrastructure in Denmark”. It was decided to make a contribution in the area of ​​systems to defend unmanned aircraft.