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Denmark Probes Drone Disruptions After Second Aalborg Shutdown as Border Vigilance Rises

Officials are examining a possible link to a Russian landing ship off Langeland and say the pattern resembles hybrid warfare, though no perpetrator has been identified.

Overview

  • Airspace over Aalborg closed for about an hour around midnight after a new drone alert, with KLM flight KL1289 returning to Amsterdam and SAS flight SK1225 from Copenhagen canceled.
  • Danish intelligence and ministers describe the incidents as hybrid attacks by a professional actor but report no direct military threat and no conclusive attribution.
  • Investigators are looking into reports that the Russian landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin loitered near Langeland with tracking off, a possible connection that remains unproven as Moscow denies involvement.
  • The government plans to procure drone detection and neutralization systems and will propose laws enabling critical-infrastructure operators to take down hostile drones.
  • Police have stepped up checks along the German–Danish border over concerns about drone transport, while NATO partners, including France, have offered support for airspace security.