The police of Denmark reported this Saturday that he observed unidentified drones during the night about the Karup military basethe largest defense installation in the country. The authorities said it is the most recent of a series of qualified incidents as part of a “hybrid attack”
“I can confirm that we had an incident around 20:15 (local time) that lasted several hours. One or two drones were observed outside and flying over the air base”, Told the agency AFP The service officer Simon Skelsjaer.
This led to the closure for some time the airspace to civil traffic, but this did not have a significant impact on practice.
The official added that the police could not rule on the origin of the devices and said: “We don’t knock them down”Skelsjaer explained that they work together with the military in the investigation of the case.
Denmark reported on drones unidentified in its largest defense installation
The police counted “one or perhaps two drones” during the incident, in an sighting in which he cooperated with the Armed Forces. The Karup baselocated on the peninsula of Jutlandshare your clues with the Midtjylland Civil Airportclosed during the incident.
According to Skelsjaer, no flight was affected, since there were no commercial operations scheduled at that time. The Karup base shares clues with this airport and the mysterious observations began on Monday.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that “In recent days, Denmark has been the victim of hybrid attacks”, In reference to unconventional war.
Incidents generated concern about critical facilities security, Including military and civil infrastructures, in a context of growing alert in the region for activities of unidentified origin.
Thursday, the Denmark Minister of Defense, Troels Lund Poulenhe said that flights seem to be “work of a professional actor”, but that there is no evidence that Russia is behind the incursion of registered drones.
At the beginning of the week, reports on drones also closed the Oslo airport for several hours, after drone incursions into Polish and Romanian territory and the rape of Estonian airspace On the part of Russian combat planes, which increased the tension in the face of continuous Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Prime Minister Frederiksen, declared Thursday that “in recent days, Denmark has been the victim of hybrid attacks,” referring to unconventional war.
However, he pointed against the country of Vladimir Putin: “There is a main country that represents a threat to the security of Europe, and it is Russia.”
Moscow declared on Thursday that “firmly rejects” any insinuation of its participation in Danish incidents. Their embassy in Copenhagen described them as “orchestrated provocation” in a publication on social networks.
Source: Ambito
