Denmark reports new drone sightings overnight at military sites | Russia-Ukraine war News

Unidentified drones seen at a number of locations, together with the most important military base, after a slew of earlier sightings that Denmark calls a ‘hybrid assault’.

Unidentified drones have flown over Denmark’s navy websites, together with its largest base, the newest in a slew of incursions close to airports and important infrastructure this week, which officers have known as a “hybrid assault” and hinted at potential Russian involvement.

“The Danish Defence can affirm that drones had been noticed at a number of of the Danish Defence’s areas final night time. A number of capabilities had been deployed,” a military spokesperson stated on Saturday, with out specifying the place the drones had been noticed.

Police stated “one to 2 drones” had been noticed at about 8:15pm (18:15 GMT) on Friday close to and over the Karup navy base in western Denmark, the nation’s largest base, which homes all the armed forces’ helicopters, airspace surveillance, flight faculty and assist capabilities.

Police spokesman Simon Skelkjaer stated they may not touch upon the place the drones came from, including: “We didn’t take them down.”

The Karup base shares its runways with the Midtjylland civilian airport, which was briefly closed, although no flights had been affected as none had been scheduled at that hour, Skelkjaer stated.

Mysterious drone observations throughout the Scandinavian nation over the previous week have prompted the closure of a number of airports, together with Copenhagen airport, the Nordic area’s busiest, which closed for a number of hours late on Monday.

5 smaller airports, each civilian and navy, had been additionally shut briefly within the following days.

Drone experiences additionally closed Oslo airport for a number of hours earlier within the week, following drone incursions in Polish and Romanian territory and the violation of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter jets, which raised tensions in mild of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday stated “over current days, Denmark has been the sufferer of hybrid assaults,” referring to unconventional warfare.

Investigators have to date didn’t determine these accountable, however Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen stated on Thursday the flights seemed to be “the work of an expert actor”.

Frederiksen has pointed the finger at Russia, saying it’s the “most important nation that poses a menace to Europe’s safety”.

Moscow stated on Thursday it “firmly rejects” any suggestion that it was concerned within the Danish incidents. In a social media publish, its embassy in Copenhagen known as them “a staged provocation”.

The drone flights started simply days after Denmark introduced it will acquire long-range precision weapons for the primary time, as Russia would pose a menace “for years to return”.

Defence ministers from about 10 European Union nations agreed on Friday to make a so-called “drone wall” a precedence for the bloc.

EU Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius stated Europe must study from Ukraine and swiftly construct anti-drone defences.

“We have to transfer quick,” Kubilius instructed AFP information company in an interview. “And we have to transfer, taking all the teachings from Ukraine and making this drone wall along with Ukraine.”

Copenhagen will host an EU summit gathering heads of presidency on Wednesday and Thursday. It stated on Friday it had accepted Sweden’s supply of its anti-drone know-how to make sure the assembly might go forward with out disruption.