‘Professional actor’ behind attacks that closed Danish airports, defence minister says | Denmark

The Danish Defense Minister said the country was a victim of a professional hybrid attack after flying at four airports in such attacks within a few days.

Drone landscapes started on Wednesday, shortly after 22:00 and ended on Thursday just before 1 o’clock. Aalborg Airport, which also serves as a military base, was stopped for several hours and the airports in Esbjerg, Sønderborg and Skrydstrup were also affected. Skrydstrup is home to some of the Danish army’s warplanes.

On Monday night, Copenhagen airport was forced to close because of the presence of three drones.

Def Defense Minister Lund Poulsen, at a press conference, “everything, almost at the same time when talking about such a systematic operation, everything is a professional actor’s work can not draw attention to the work,” he said. “This is what I will define as a hybrid attack using different types of drones.”

He added: This is a weapon race against time because technology is constantly developing. “

Denmark said that he was thinking of activating NATO for the first time in the history of Denmark, but that he has not yet made a decision. Denmark contacted NATO on Thursday morning and added: “In addition to Article 4, there are other things that can be done through NATO.”

Although Poulsen said that although the Denmark armed forces had a series of talents, they want to have more. The government has been criticized for not hitting the drones in recent days.

Danish Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said that the purpose of the overpasses is fear and division of bread, and that the country would look for additional ways to neutralize unmanned aerial vehicles, including proposing legislation to allow the infrastructure owners to hit them. Copenhagen said, “He didn’t exclude anything about who’s behind it”.

Drone flights follow the Estonia airspace by the Russian fighter aircraft, which increases tensions in the light of Russia’s ongoing Ukrainian invasion in Poland and Romania.

Hummelgaard, who described the latest events as “deeply worried events throughout Europe ,, said,“ The threat caused by hybrid attacks is here, ”he said.

A joint EU meeting was called on Friday to discuss Europe’s drone defense and the establishment of a “drone wall”.

Danish police said that the landscapes on Wednesday night were watching a model similar to those who closed the Copenhagen airport on Monday.

According to the North Jutland police, more than one drone olan was seen near Aalborg Airport. The first was seen at 9.44 local time and the drones were still in the airspace after midnight.

Despite the drone views, Esbjerg, Sønderborg and Skrydstrup airports remained open.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that the drone attack, which closed the Copenhagen airport for several hours, was the “most serious attack on the critical infrastructure of Denmark so far.”

Authorities are still investigating who is behind in a row, but Frederiiksen said he could not exclude Russia. Moscow rejected any participation.