Drones seen on Danish military bases in the last air disturbance

Drones were seen near military facilities, including Denmark’s largest, following a series of incidents that caused air disturbances earlier this week.

The devices were observed above Karup Airbase, among others, forcing it to briefly close its airspace to trade traffic. Possible observations have also been reported in Germany, Norway and Lithuania.

This is the last of a series of suspicious drone activities in Denmark, which raises concerns concerning the country’s vulnerability to air attacks and arouses fears of a potential Russian involvement.

Danish authorities said Thursday’s incursions seemed to be a “hybrid attack”, but warned that they had no evidence suggesting that Moscow was behind.

The Friday incident took place around 8:15 p.m., local time (6:15 p.m. GMT) and lasted several hours, the Simon Skelsjaer service agency, AFP news agency, told the AFP news agency.

He said the police could not comment on where the drones came from because they had not killed them, adding that the police cooperate with the Danish army in their investigation.

Although the civil airspace above the base was briefly closed, it had no impact because no commercial flight was planned in the region at the time, said Skelsjaer.

The Danish Defense Ministry has confirmed that drones were seen nearly several military facilities overnight, but did not specify which. He said he wouldn’t comment more.

The other military installations were not appointed by the Danish state media.

Some 3,500 people work in Karup Airbase, which houses all the helicopters of the Danish armed forces, the surveillance of the airspace and certain parts of the Danish defense command.

The incursions come only a few days after drones on Danish airports – some of which also housed military facilities – forced airports to close and close their airspace.

On Monday, Copenhagen Airport closed several hours after a number of drones, while possible drone observations also closed Oslo airport in Norway.

Denmark Aalborg and Billund airports closed due to drones above the airport on Wednesday evening, while three small airports reported a drone activity but were able to continue working.

Suspicious drones have also been seen recently on Germany and Sweden.

It is suspected that the wave of drone incursions can be part of a Russian strategy of indirect aggression towards NATO states supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia – although this link has not been proven.

The Russian Embassy in Copenhagen denied the “absurd speculations” of her involvement in what she described as “in progress” provocations “.

The Minister of Defense of Denmark said that “the hybrid attack” was the work of a “professional actor” but seemed to have been launched locally.

A hybrid attack uses a mixture of military and non -military tactics and is designed to interfere with the infrastructure or institutions of a nation.

Russia has been accused of having conducted hybrid attacks in the past, and Europe has been on high alert after several NATO member states reported Russian incursions in their air areas.

Estonia and Poland asked for a consultation with other NATO members last week, after around 20 Russian drones crossed Poland and the Mig31 Russian jets entered the Estonian airspace in separate incidents.

Romania, another member of NATO, also said that a Russian drone had violated its airspace.

Russia did not comment on the incident in Romania, but it denied having violated Estonia’s air space and said that the Polish foray was not deliberate.

After Monday’s incident in Copenhagen, Danish Prime Minister Put Frederiksen said that Russian participation could not be excluded.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described the allegations of “unfounded”.