Drones observed over Danish military bases at the latest air interruptions

Drones were observed near military facilities, including the largest Denmark, after a series of incidents that caused air interruption this week.

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

This is the latest in a series of suspicious drones in Denmark, raising concerns about the vulnerability of the nation for an air attack and provokes fears of the potential participation of the Russian.

The Danish authorities said the onset on Thursday seemed to be a “hybrid attack”, but warned that they had no evidence to suggest that Moscow was behind it.

The incident on Friday took place around 20:15 local time (18:15 GMT) and lasted several hours, the duty officer Simon Skelja told AFP AFP.

He said the police could not comment on where the drones came from because they did not download them, adding that the police were collaborating with the Danish military in their investigation.

Although the civil airspace above the base was briefly closed, it had no influence, since no trade flights were scheduled in the area at the time, Skelsjaer said.

The Danish Ministry of Defense confirmed that the drones had been spotted near numerous military installations overnight, but did not specify which of them. He said he would not comment further.

The other military installations are not indicated by the Danish state media.

About 3,500 people work at Airbase Karup, which is home to all Danish armed forces helicopters, the monitoring of airspace and parts of the Danish Defense Command.

The invades come just days after drones over Danish airports – some of which were also housed military facilities – forced airports to close and close their airspace.

Alborg Airports and Bilend of Denmark on Denmark Closed due to drones above Wednesday night, while three smaller airports reported drone activity, but managed to continue working.

On Monday Copenhagen Airport Closed for a few hours After a number of drones were spotted, while the possible drone observations also temporarily closed Oslo Airport in Norway.

The German Ministry of Internal Affairs said it was investigated after several drones were spotted on Friday because of Schlevig-Holstein, the region bordering Jutland, a part of Denmark in the European continent, which is home to Carup Air Force and airports affected by Wednesday.

Police in Norway told the state media that they were investigating possible observations of drones in Orland Airbase, to the west of the country where its F-35 fighters are located.

The drone’s activity also delayed Friday flights at Vilnius Airport in Lithuania, which shares the land border with Russian territory, according to state media.

There is suspicion that the wave of drones invades Wednesday can be part of a Russian strategy for indirect aggression towards NATO countries, supporting Ukraine in his war with Russia – although this connection has not been proven.

The Russian Embassy in Copenhagen has denied “absurd speculation” about his involvement in what he described as “step -by -step provocations”.

Denmark’s Defense Minister said the “hybrid attack” was the work of a “professional actor”, but seems to have been launched locally.

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

Russia has been accused of conducting hybrid attacks in the past, and Europe has been alert after several NATO member states reported Russian invasions in its air spaces.

Estonia and Poland asked for a consultation with other NATO members last week About 20 Russian drones have passed to Poland and Russian Mig31 jets entered the Estonian airspace In individual incidents.

Romania, another NATO member, also said A Russian drone had broken his airspaceS

Russia did not comment on the incident in Romania, but denied violating Estonia’s airspace and said the Polish invasion was not intentional.

Following the incident on Monday in Copenhagen, Danish Prime Minister Met Frederiksen said the participation of the Russian could not be ruled out.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the claims “unfounded”.