Overview

• Unidentified drones forced temporary closures at Aalborg and Billund and were also seen near Esbjerg, Sonderborg, Skrydstrup airbase and a military site in Holstebro, with authorities declining to shoot them down for safety reasons.
• Latvia’s foreign minister said Denmark told allies the sorties were state activity, though Danish intelligence has not publicly attributed responsibility and Russia’s embassy in Copenhagen called speculation of its role “absurd.”
• European ministers are advancing plans for a continent-wide “drone wall” and other joint defenses, and Denmark is weighing Article 4 consultations after repeated disruptions across its airspace.
• European envoys privately told Moscow they are prepared to down jets after an Estonian airspace violation, President Trump publicly backed shootdowns, and Russia warned that bringing down its aircraft would be treated as war.
• The IAEA reported a drone was downed and detonated about 800 meters from the South Ukraine nuclear power plant, highlighting growing safety risks from drone operations near critical sites.