Denmark reports new drone sightings over its biggest military base | Denmark
UNIDENTIED DRONES flew over the Danish military fields, including the largest base on Friday night, called the latest “hybrid attack ve and implied possible Russian participation.
Since a Danish military spokesman Agency France-Presse refused to give other details, the drones were detected in various military zones.
Police, helicopters of the armed forces, airspace supervision, flight school and support functions near the country’s largest base Karup Airbase near and on Friday at 20.15 (local 19.15) said that about one to two aircraft were observed.
According to the army’s website, Karup is also hosting the Defense Command.
A police spokesman Simon Skelkjaer said that the police could not comment on where the drones came from and added: “We did not download them.”
Police said he had cooperated with the army in his investigations.
Skelkjaer shares Karup base runways with Midtjylland Civil Airport, but it was not affected by the flight because it was not planned at that time.
Since Monday, mysterious drone observations in the Scandinavian country have caused several airports to be closed.
Drone reports closed the Oslo Airport in Norway for several hours a week after the drone attacks on Poland and Romania and violating the Estonian airspace by Russian warrior jets.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday that “Denmark is the victim of hybrid attacks in recent days,” he said.
The inspectors have not been able to identify those responsible so far, but Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the flights were “a professional actor”.
Frederiksen pointed out his finger to Russia: “There is a main country that poses a threat to Europe’s security, and this is Russia.”
On Thursday, Moscow said that he kısıl rejecting any suggestions he was involved in the Danish incidents. The Embassy in Copenhagen called them a “gradual provocation ında in an article on social media.
Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said that the aim of the attacks at the beginning of this week was “spreading fear, creating division and frightening us”.
Drone flights began only days after Denmark’s announcement that it would get long -range sensitive weapons for the first time, because Russia would pose a threat to “years”.
Hummelgaard said Copenhagen will achieve new advanced skills to detect and neutralize drones.
Defense ministers from 10 EU countries agreed to make a priority for the “drone wall” block on Friday. EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius said that Europe should learn from Ukraine and quickly make anti -drone defenses.
“We have to move fast, Kub Kubilius said to AFP. “And we have to act, we must take all the lessons from Ukraine and take this drone wall together with Ukraine.”
Copenhagen on Wednesday and Thursday will host an EU summit heads of government.
The Danish government said that Sweden has accepted an anti -drone technology offer to ensure that the meeting can continue intact.
