Denmark prohibits all civilian drone flights nationwide

In view of the recent mysterious drone incidents, prohibited Denmark As a security measure for the European top European meetings in the coming week, all civil flights of unmanned flying objects nationwide. The Danish airspace will be closed from Monday to Friday “for all civilian drone flights”, the Ministry of Transport said in Copenhagen. This should avoid confusion between “enemy drones” and civilian drones.

Denmark is based on Wednesday, October 1, as the current chairman of the EU Council of the EU. Copenhagen out of. This is followed by a summit of the European political community. Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) also wants to take part in both meetings in the Danish capital.

Recently, however, overflowing had not identified Drone caused unrest in Denmark. Such drone flights have led to the closure of several Danish airports since September 22. Military bases were also affected, most recently on Sunday night.

So far there is no evidence of who is responsible for the incidents. The Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen spoke of “hybrid attacks”. Russia has rejected any involvement.

Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said that the work of the flight was banned police be relieved. “The police are on an increased willingness to alert, and our authorities have to use their forces where it is necessary to protect Danes and our guests.”

Meanwhile, the Bundeswehr declared that the drone defense for informal EU-Summit to help. Denmark asked “various nations, including Germany, to provide support in securing the informal meeting of the EU heads of state and government”. Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) and Bundeswehr general inspector Carsten Breuer therefore decided to follow the Danish request.

Drones were spotted again at the weekend. As the Danish armed forces announced, several bases were affected by the night flights. Countermeasures were taken. The army did not provide any further information.

Several other European NATO countries have also been affected by drone incidents and other airspace injuries in the past few weeks. A good two weeks ago, numerous Russian drones had entered Poland’s airspace, the defense alliance NATO shot several of them.

The penetration of Russian drones was also reported from Romania. According to Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), “drone swarms about Schleswig-Holstein were found” on Friday.