Earlier this week, Copenhagen Airport closed for several hours in what the Danish PM called “the most severe attack on Danish infrastructure so far”, as drones flew over it.
Last night, Aalborg Airport was temporarily closed when drones were seen in its airspace.
Smaller airports in Denmark – Esbjerg, Sønderborg and Skrydstrup – similarly reported drone activity.
This comes after Poland and Romania saw Russian drones fall into their territory.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has, naturally, called allegations about Denmark “unfounded”. Meanwhile, Russia has not commented on the Romanian case, called the Polish drops accidental, and denied violating Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland after Estonia, together with Poland, called for a Nato consultation.
Aalborg Airport is also used as a military base.
“We cannot yet comment on the purpose of the drones flying in the area, nor can we say anything about who the actor behind it is,” chief inspector Jesper Bøjgaard Madsen has said. But he also said that drones will be taken down if necessary.
On Tuesday, Nato issued a statement warning Russia that it would use “all necessary military and non-military tools” to defend itself if push comes to shove.
“Russia bears full responsibility for these actions, which are escalatory, risk miscalculation and endanger lives. They must stop”, the statement specifies.
Italy, Finland and Sweden have scrambled jets under Nato’s mission to bolster its eastern flank.
After his speech to the UN, Donald Trump suggested that Nato nations shoot down Russian planes.
