The Danish Prime Minister calls for a strong answer from the leaders of the European Union to the hybrid attacks

European Union leaders meet in Copenhagen under pressure to strengthen the European defense after a series of Russian incursions into the European Union’s airspace, and days after the targeting of drones.

“From a European perspective, there is only one country … ready to threaten us, which is Russia, and therefore we need a very strong answer.”

The most severe incursions for countries on the eastern side of the European Union, such as Poland and Estonia.

A number of member states have already supported the plans of the multi -layer “wall aircraft” to discover them quickly, then follow and destroy drones.

Denmark has strengthened security for the summit, Block all aircraft drones until Friday He put heavy restrictions on traffic in Copenhagen.

Denmark also hosts a broader European political community summit on Thursday, and international allies have provided support to ensure the passage of both events without an accident.

Copenhagen airport, followed by many Danish airports and military sites on the Gotland Peninsula, faced drone last week.

Ten allies provide support for anti -party and monitoring, according to the Denmark Army, which highlighted “Increase the presence of foreign forces and equipment”. Among the countries contributing Poland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and the United States. A German frigate installed in Copenhagen.

As a host of dozens of European leaders for two days, Denmark will want to repel any unwanted surprises in its air field.

Danish police did not find any evidence Russia was behind the disruption of drones last week, but Friedrixen explicitly linked it to other hybrid attacks such as the incursion of drones in Russia on Poland.

She told reporters on Wednesday that this was part of a pattern that had to be shown from a European perspective.

“The war in Ukraine is very dangerous. When I look at Europe today, I think we are in a more difficult and serious state since the end of World War II – not the Cold War anymore.”

Sweden loaned the “strong radar systems” to its neighbor for the week, and Voludmir Zelinski of Ukraine said that Kiev is sending a mission to Denmark for joint training to provide a “Ukrainian experience in defending drones.”

“It is reasonable to assume that drones were coming from Russia,” said German Chancellor Friedrich Mirz before the summit.

Done aircraft were seen in recent days On the northern state of Shelsvig Holstein in Germany, flights were delayed last week at Fenens Airport in Lithuania and Oslo Airport in Norway due to the activity of drones.

“We are not in war, but we are no longer in peace as well. We must do a lot for our security,” Mirz said in a media event in Dusseldorf this week.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was clear that Germany was “indirectly involved” in the war in Ukraine and rejected “baseless accusations” of Russian involvement in disrupting last week in Denmark.

“Europe will be better to search for a dialogue on security issues rather than searching for the construction of a” drone, “he said on Tuesday.

This is the concern in the Russian activity on the eastern side of Europe that NATO met the consultations twice in September under Article 4 of a treaty, first after that The Polish aircraft drones violated Then when Russian warplanes entered Mig-31 For 12 minutes.

“We have to keep our sky safe,” said NATO Secretary -General Mark Retty, who met the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Layen, in Brussels, on the eve of the Copenhagen summit.

Von der Lynn has raised the idea of ​​a drone a month ago, it is “in time and necessary because in the end we cannot spend millions of euros or dollars on missiles to remove drones that cost only a few thousand dollars.”

The European Union’s chief diplomat told the BBC that there are still questions about financing the plan and on leadership and control, but Europe’s response to Russia’s drone violations in Poland led to self -search: “We must be more flexible and find better tools.”

Oli Kvirreno, a former Danish army general, told BBC that the drone wall was “a very general political concept at the present time”, but last week the activity of the aircraft on his country was an invitation to wake up to the wider Danish authorities and population.

He warned that the next attack goal could be different.

“The infrastructure can be like energy supply,” said Kvaerno of the Danish Center for Robots and Self -Independence. “The nature of the hybrid war is that it aims to take us by surprise. So we have not finished operating such as these.”

Another major project, called Eastern Flant Watch, aims to enhance the eastern borders of the European Union by sea, air and land to protect from the so -called hybrid war, as well as from the shadow fleet in Russia. Von der Lin said that the European Union will have to cooperate with NATO and Ukraine.

European Union leaders will show plans for a “road map” aimed at strengthening defenses and developing defense industries in Europe by the end of the decade to produce modern military equipment. Then work with NATO will be done before the leaders of the European Union meet again later this month.

According to plans to be “ready for 2030”, Europe needs to move now, so its capabilities are prepared for “battlefields tomorrow”.

One of the basic ideas is an increasing focus on common purchases. The European Union has already supported proposals to collect up to 150 billion euros (130 billion pounds) on capital markets to help finance defense investment. The United Kingdom and Canada are likely to participate in the fund.

The financial support of the European Union of Ukraine will also be discussed, more than three and a half years in the full war of Russia.

Ukraine is also a candidate to join the European Union, but it faces stiff opposition from Hungary and tensions along its common borders, after Kiev Budapest was accused of sending drones to West Ukraine.

Hungary Prime Minister Victor Urban, one of Russia’s closest allies in the European Union, claimed that Ukraine is “not a sovereign state” as it was funded by the West.