Events

Russian warships have repeatedly sailed on collision courses, aimed weapons at Danish naval vessels and disrupted navigation systems in Denmark's straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, its defence intelligence service said on Friday

Ten Norwegian soldiers went missing during a military exercise in Sør-Varanger. Five of them were found safe and sound. According to Finnmark County Police, the search for the remaining five soldiers is still ongoing.

President Macron informs, France has dispatched a detachment of 35 troops and a helicopter to reinforce and work jointly with allied Denmark in wake of the drone activity over Copenhagen and other European cities. The troops are adept at counter-drone operations

Several hundred Danish soldiers have been urgently called up for duty in Denmark, TV 2 reports, citing a confidential mobilisation order. The order directly references the recent drone incursions into Danish airspace

Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen says authorities are doing everything possible to identify who is behind the drone incidents in Denmark. “We cannot do more than we are doing right now in terms of mapping and investigating,”

Drones were observed over several Danish army locations last night, according to a press release from the Danish Armed Forces

Norwegian police are investigating a possible drone near Ørland airport in Trøndelag, the country’s main F-35 base. Numerous reports have been received, and the matter is being treated as high priority

Norwegian police confirm they are investigating a possible drone sighting near Ørland airport in Trøndelag. Police say they are receiving many such reports, are taking the matter seriously, and have launched an investigation

Drones observed over multiple military locations in Denmark last night, Danish Armed Forces tell TV2. This includes the Karup Air Base, which is Denmark's largest military workplace. The base houses all of the country's military helicopters

Unidentified drones have been spotted near the Swedish Navy base in the Karlskrona archipelago, SVT reported. Residents of neighboring towns spotted the drones and reported them to local authorities.

Sweden offers anti-drone system to Denmark to protect next week's EU summit in Copenhagen

Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen says that a "hybrid war [is] unfolding on Danish soil" after numerous unidentified drones breached the country's airspace. Frederiksen says that more drones are expected: "I think we are at the beginning of a hybrid war against Europe"

Un funzionario statunitense ha dichiarato ad Al Jazeera: I paesi della NATO stanno lavorando per fornire capacità aeree che miglioreranno la risposta dell'alleanza nell'ambito dell'operazione Eastern Guardian.

Secondo il ministro degli Esteri lettone, la Danimarca ha detto agli alleati che dietro le recenti incursioni dei droni c'è un "attore statale" - Reuters

Denmark has activated its National Crisis Management System following last night’s drone intrusions by an unknown actor over airports and military airbases across the country, with the National Operational Staff (NOST), which is headed by the Danish National Police and consists of representatives from the Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Danish Health Authority, Danish Defense Command, Danish Security and Intelligence Service (DSIS), Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Critical Supply Agency, and the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority, to remain assembled 24/7

Two Hungarian Gripen fighters on @NATO Baltic AirPolicing scrambled on 25 Sep from Siauliai in response to a Su-30, Su-35 and 3x MiG-31 flying close to Latvian airspace

Se la NATO abbattesse un aereo russo, ciò segnerebbe l'inizio di un conflitto militare, ha dichiarato l'ambasciatore russo in Francia, Alexei Meshkov, alla radio RTL. "Sarebbe la guerra", ha detto il diplomatico.

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has stated that Denmark is considering invoking NATO Article 4 following recent drone intrusion over airports and airbases in the country, which officials state was an “attack” carried out by a “professional actor” against Denmark. This would be the third request of consultations under NATO Article 4 in the last two weeks, due to potential hostile actions by Russia.

PM Frederiksen: “Just spoke with @SecGenNATO about the serious situation related to drones over Danish airports. We agreed that NATO would work with Denmark on what we can do together to ensure safety and security.”

La Polizia Nazionale Danese dichiara di aver verificato l'attività di droni nei pressi degli aeroporti di Esbjerg e Sønderborg, nonché presso la base aerea di Skrydstrup, nella Danimarca meridionale. Le autorità stanno lavorando per rintracciare e neutralizzare i droni, dopo che l'Aeronautica Militare Danese ha dichiarato un'allerta.

"Lo spazio aereo sopra l'aeroporto di Aalborg in Danimarca è stato chiuso dopo che sono stati avvistati dei droni volare nelle vicinanze", ha dichiarato mercoledì alla CNN il CEO dell'aeroporto Niels Hemmingsen. "La polizia sta indagando e non ha ancora stabilito chi controlla i droni o qual è il loro scopo", ha detto 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 afferma che i paesi della NATO dovrebbero abbattere gli aerei russi se entrano nello spazio aereo

"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: Rafforzamento delle difese aeree sul fronte orientale dell'alleanza nell'ambito dell'operazione Eastern Guardian

In merito al coinvolgimento di Mosca nell'incidente dei droni all'aeroporto di Copenaghen, il portavoce del Cremlino afferma che "non ci sono prove che ci fossero droni russi", affermando che non sono state presentate prove in incidenti precedenti.

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”