COPENHAGEN: A suspected drone sighting briefly shuttered a Danish airport on Friday for the second time in a few hours, after the country\u2019s prime minister said the flights were part of \u201chybrid attacks\u201d that may be linked to Russia.<\/p>\n
Drones have been seen flying over several Danish airports since Wednesday, causing one of them to close for hours, after a sighting earlier this week prompted Copenhagen airport to shut down.<\/p>\n
That followed a similar incident in Norway, drone incursions in Polish and Romanian territory and the violation of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter jets, which raised tensions in light of Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver recent days, Denmark has been the victim of hybrid attacks,\u201d Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a video message on social media on Thursday \u2014 referring to a form of unconventional warfare.<\/p>\n
She warned that such drone flights \u201ccould multiply.\u201d<\/p>\n
Investigators said they had so far failed to identify those responsible, but Frederiksen stressed: \u201cThere is one main country that poses a threat to Europe\u2019s security, and it is Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moscow said Thursday it \u201cfirmly rejects\u201d any suggestion that it was involved in the Danish incidents. Its embassy in Copenhagen called them \u201ca staged provocation,\u201d in a post on social media.<\/p>\n
Denmark\u2019s Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard earlier said the aim of the attack was \u201cto spread fear, create division and frighten us.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that Copenhagen would acquire new enhanced capabilities to \u201cdetect\u201d and \u201cneutralize drones.\u201d<\/p>\n
Denmark will on Friday join other EU countries, mostly along the eastern border with Russia, in the first talks on proposals to build a \u201cwall\u201d of anti-drone defenses in the face of the tensions with Moscow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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