NATO ally warns of ‘hybrid war’ threat from Russia as drones plague European military bases and airports
Denmark, a founding member of NATO, added to increasing warnings about the threat of the “hybrid war” from Russia with the spread of drones scenes to more European airports and even military installations.
On Thursday, the airport in Munich, Germany, is based on flights after several drones. On Friday, Belgium said it was investigating drones over a military base near the German border. After Denmark also informed drones flying over its airports and the largest military base.
“I hope everyone now realizes a hybrid war, and one day Poland, on the last day, Denmark and the next week, it is possible that you will be elsewhere,” Danish Prime Minister Miti Frederksen told reporters on Wednesday. “There is only one country … ready to threaten us, which is Russia, and therefore, we need a very strong answer.”
Denmark did not directly attribute the recent drone accidents to Russia. But notes follow Russian drones in Poland, as well as Russian combat aircraft that violate Estonian airspace, forcing NATO to intercept.
The Russian ambassador to Denmark has denied that Moscow was involved in drone flights, describing them as “provocation as” designed to stir a military confrontation. Meanwhile, Russian president Vladimir Putin joked the situation when he was asked to send drones to Europe: “I will stop, I will not send more drones to France, Denmark, Copenhagen. Where were they flying?”
The increasing warnings of the hybrid war-operations in a gray area that stops a full military attack-where Europe continues to support Ukraine in its battle against the invasion of Russia and is considering ways to use frozen Russian origins.
European officials also warned of other hybrid threats, and Moscow was suspected of a series of accidents, including sabotage of a cable under the sea, electronic attacks, confusion on civil aviation, and even deliberate burning work.
In July, the best European Union diplomat condemned what he called “continuous hybrid campaigns in Russia” against the European Union countries. In an interview with Financial timesand “Our threat, to divide us, to destabilize us. To use drones one day, Internet attacks the next day, and sabotage on the third day.”
Washington is also making a more difficult line as President Donald Trump lost his patience with Moscow after his meeting with Putin in Alaska failed to make any progress towards the ceasefire. The sources said of long -range missile steps on energy infrastructure in Russia, the sources told that Ukraine will now be intelligent for long -range missile strikes on Russian energy infrastructure. Wall Street Journal.
In addition to arming Ukraine, Europe is racing to stimulate its military capabilities amid the threat of Russia, which is looming on the horizon and the researcher from Trump, that NATO spends more on defense.
On Wednesday, Friedrixen said Europe is “the most difficult and dangerous situation since the end of World War II.”
Early this year, the Danish intelligence service assessed risks from Russia as soon as its war in Ukraine stops or frozen.
Russia can launch a local war against a border country within six months, a regional war in Baltic within two years, and a large -scale attack on Europe within five years if the United States is not involved, according to the translation of the report from Politico.
“Russia is likely to be more willing to use military force in a regional war against one or more countries of European NATO countries if it imagines that NATO has weakened military or politically divided,” according to the evaluation, which was dated February 9.
2025-10-04 16:36:00
