Russia’s involvement cannot be ruled out, says the Danish Prime Minister

The invasion of a drone, which stopped flights at Copenhagen airport on Monday night, was “the most severe attack on the Danish infrastructure so far,” said Denmark Met Fredericksen.

Kastup Airport in Copenhagen was forced to close for a few hours from about 8:30 pm (18:30 GMT) on Monday after the observation of a number of drones.

“It says something about the time we live in, and what we, as a society, must be ready to deal with,” Frederickssen told reporters.

Russian participation could not be ruled out, added Fredericksen – although Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the claims “unfounded”.

The Danish Prime Minister made a connection between last night’s events in Denmark and the last Russian invasions of drones in Poland and Romania, as well as breach of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter jetsS

Fredericksen said the motive for invading Copenhagen was probably “breaking, to create excitement … to see where you can get and test the borders.”

Danish intelligence reflects this assessment, saying that the country is facing a “high threat of sabotage”.

“Someone may not necessarily want to attack us, but rather to stress us and see how we react,” says Fleming Dreer, director of Operations at the Denmark Intelligence Service.

In nearby Norway, Oslo Airport was also closed for a period after possible drone observations.

About 20,000 passengers were affected by the closure of the Copenhagen airportwho resumed the operations after midnight local time.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Danish police said they did not know who was behind the drones, but this evidence suggests that it was a “capable actor”.

A number of large drones that came from different directions, “quite a long way” were observed at the Copenhagen airport, said police inspector Jens Jespersen.

He added that the drones that turned on and off their lights as they approached the airport were ruled by someone who had “the will and tools to show … Maybe to practice.”

Police did not shoot at the drones as the airport was located in a densely built zone and since there were planes in the air, Insp Jespersen told reporters.

In a social media publication, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski refers to a “violation of Russia” of NATO airspace in Copenhagen on September 22.

Insp Jespersen declined to comment on Zelenski’s claims.

“It’s not because I don’t want to, but because I just don’t know,” he said.

The Norwegian Police Service said it was working to clarify whether the unconfirmed monitoring of Oslo Airport can be linked to the drones observed in Denmark.

Oslo Airport was closed between 00:30 and 03:30 and fourteen flights had to be diverted.

The Norway government said Russia had violated Norwegian airspace three times in 2025 – in April, July and August – adding that it was unclear whether it was intentional or the result of navigation errors.

“Regardless of the reason, this is not acceptable,” said Prime Minister Jonas Gahh’s store.

Tensions have recently escalated after Russian drones and planes embarked on central and Eastern European airspace, three and a half years after Moscow began its invasion of Ukraine.

Earlier in September At least three Russian drones were removed from Polish and other NATO aircraft in Poland’s airspaceS Moscow denied that it was trying to target facilities on Polish soil.

A similar incident happened in Romania just a few days later When a drone flies in Romanian airspace before it disappears from the radar.

And on Saturday, three Russian Mig-31 fighters entered the Estonian sky and stayed there for 12 minutes, which led NATO Jets to be shaken. The invades were part of “the broader model of an increasingly conventional Russian behavior,” a statement on Tuesday said.

In recent days, Poland has said I will take down all the objects that violate his airspace while Sweden promised to do the same if I noticed a Russian plane in his sky.

In response to Russia’s invasion of Poland and Romania, NATO promised to move troops and fighters to the east.

Airplanes from the UK, France, Germany and Denmark participate in air defense missions over Poland in an attempt to strengthen the Eastern Flank of the Union.