After the wave of "Russian drone invasion" in Poland, Denmark, a NATO country, also said it was facing a "hybrid war", the airport was invaded by drones.
Danish Prime Minister Fraserickson said several drone interference incidents have occurred this week near several airports and military facilities in Denmark.
At the time, the Danish airport had to make a tough decision: suspend all flights to take off. Four hours of shutdown and thousands of passengers staying, which was just the beginning.
In the following days, three airports, an airbase and a military facility in Denmark were hit by drones, most disturbingly in Aalborg, which is not only a civilian airport, but also an important NATO airbase.
A Danish defense ministry official privately revealed: “These drone operators clearly know what they are doing, and they’re definitely not amateur.”
Danish Defense Minister Poulsen's judgment is more direct: this is "a systematic action carried out by professional institutions to create panic".
At the moment, when Danish Prime Minister Fraser Rickson uttered the word “hybrid warfare,” Copenhagen was nervous.
To know, the terrible thing about mixed warfare is that it is in the gray zone of war and peace. To be honest, a country is clearly attacked, but it is difficult to identify the attacker, and it is more difficult to retaliate in the traditional sense, this is a "mixed warfare".
However, when asked whether it was related to Russia, the Danish officials responded exceptionally cautiously, saying there was no direct evidence.
While Denmark did not dare to direct its head at Russia, and did not claim the drone was launched by the Russian military, other European countries have already considered Russia to have committed a crime.
This is similar to the North Stream pipeline explosion in the first year of the Russian conflict, and the accusations and denials of Roosevelt.There are European diplomats who say: “In similar events, Europe is like fighting ghosts.”
Not surprisingly, the Russian embassy in Denmark first resolutely denied, and then the anti-General said the speculation was "unfounded."
This attitude is similar to what Russian ambassador to France, Mr. Meshkov, said: “The West has deceived Russia so many times, and Russia believes only the iron facts.”
Meanwhile, tensions on NATO’s eastern border have escalated as Denmark responds to drone troubles, with Estonia accusing three Russian MiG-31s of invading its airspace, and Poland reporting 19 drones overnight.
These incidents continue to escalate and have triggered a consultation mechanism under Article 4 of NATO, the only nine emergency procedures that have been activated in 75 years since NATO was founded.
European Commission President Von der Leyen’s harsh statement is shocking: the shooting down of a Russian fighter aircraft into the airspace is an option “in consideration.”
This direct threat has been rare since the outbreak of the conflict in Russia and the Netherlands Prime Minister Shoff has followed in favour of this position, while German Prime Minister Merts has sought to mitigate the situation, saying he is coordinating action with major European countries.
But NATO is not monolithic. The warning of German Defense Minister Pistorius is worth pondering: he is worried that this may fall into Russia's "escalation trap", while Italian Prime Minister Meloni and others have called for caution.
This discrepancy exposes Europe’s ambiguity in the face of Russia: too hard can trigger direct conflict, and too weak can be “broken apart.”
In response to the strong threat of the European side to shoot down the fighter aircraft, the Russian ambassador to France, Maskov, has issued a strong warning: “If NATO shoots down the Russian aircraft under the pretext of ‘violation of airspace’, it will mean war.”