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Danish National Police state that they have now verified drone activity around both Esbjerg and Sønderborg Airport, as well as Skrydstrup Air Base in Southern Denmark. Authorities are working to track and neutralize the drones, with an alert having been declared by the Royal Danish Air Force

"The airspace over Aalborg Airport in Denmark has been closed after drones were spotted flying nearby, airport CEO Niels Hemmingsen told CNN on Wednesday."note "Police are investigating and have not yet determined who is controlling the drones or what their purpose is, Reuters

A Spanish military plane with Minister of Defence of Spain Robles on board was subjected to an attempt to override its GPS as it passed near Kaliningrad.

Trump says NATO countries should shoot down Russian planes if enter airspace

"SACEUR has all the authority he needs" to make whatever decisions are necessary to defend NATO airspace, Rutte says. That doesn't mean we'll always shoot down the plane, he says

Question of the day for NATO: Will you shoot down intruding vehicles? Rutte: Depends on the situation. In the most recent situation in Estonia, we could escort them out with out escalation. Each case will be assessed separately. Rutte says these are the plans and they "work."

NATO: Strengthening air defenses on the alliance's eastern front as part of Operation Eastern Guardian

On Moscow's inolvement in drones incident at Copenhagen airport, Kremlin's spokesperson says "there is no proofs there were Russian drones", claims no proofs were presented in previous incidents

The Danish police are now calling the drone incident on Kastrup "an attack"

Denmark's defence minister will give remarks on the drones later. He has arrived at PM's office

Denmark’s PM said the drones over Copenhagen airport were “the most serious assault on Danish critical infrastructure to date”

Flights are delayed and cancelled at Kaliningrad's Khrabrovo Airport.

Reuters, citing a spokesman for Oslo Airport in Norway: The airport has reopened to flights after a brief closure.

All flight activity has been halted at Copenhagen Airport in Denmark, following reports of several "large" drones spotted flying over the Øresund Strait

Poland's @sikorskiradek tells UNSC: "I have only one request to the Russian government: if another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or by mistake, and gets shot down. Please don't come here to whine about it. You have been warned”

.@MikeWaltz47, in his first speech as US Ambassador to the UN, says of Russia's recent fighter jet incursion into Estonia: "We expect Russia to seek ways to deescalate, not risk expansion. This event, following on the heels of the Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace, creates the impression that Russia either wants to escalate and pull more countries into this conflict with Ukraine, or doesn't have full control those who operate their fighter planes and drones."

Putin will hold a briefing with permanent members of the Security Council today, and will make a number of important announcements, - Peskov said

Russian pilots ignored signals from Italian jets responding from NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission when they violated Estonian airspace, a senior Estonian military official said

Trump on armed Russian MiG-31s breaching NATO-ally Estonian airspace: “I don’t love it. I don’t like when that happens. This could be big trouble.”

Estonia’s PM: rules of engagement set for shooting down Russian jets

Prime Minister of Estonia: This morning, 3 Russian Mig-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace. NATO fighters responded and the Russian planes were forced to flee. Such violation is totally unacceptable. The Government of Estonia has decided to request NATO Article 4 consultations

Estonia says three Russian MiG-31 jets violated its airspace. FM Margus Tsahkna called it an “unprecedented provocation” and summoned Moscow’s envoy to deliver a protest note

NATO: A Russian fighter jet violated Estonian airspace today.

Today, a piece of drone tail washed up on the beach in Varve parish, Ventspils region. The NAF Unexploded Ordnance Disposal Team is heading to the scene to analyze the found object.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced today that in response to the recent intrusion of several dozen Russian one-way attack drones into Poland, NATO would be launching Operation “Eastern Sentry” across NATO’s Eastern Front. The goal of the operation will be to strengthen the alliance’s defensive posture in Poland and the Baltics, with several members already announcing the deployment of military assets in support of Eastern Sentry, including Denmark who announced it would send two F-16s and an anti-air warfare frigate, France who will send three Rafales, and Germany who will contribute four Eurofighter Typhoons, with additional assets expected to be announced in the coming days and weeks by other allies in NATO

Opposition activist Mykola Statkevich, released by Belarusian authorities, refused to leave the country and returned to Belarus. He was then abducted by masked men and taken to an unknown destination, reported the independent Belarusian news portal Zerkało.

Russia's actions and Belarus's connivance in the use of its airspace pose a direct threat to the security of all countries in the region - joint statement by the Foreign Ministries of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine

Germany: We will expand air surveillance of NATO's eastern borders.

US President's representative John Cole arrived in Minsk: he held talks with Alexander Lukashenka and announced the White House's decision to lift sanctions on Belavia Airlines. At the same time, Lithuania announced the release of more than 50 prisoners from Belarusian colonies.

Latvia closes airspace near the border with Russia and Belarus