Overview

• Leaders responded to recent drone incursions and airspace violations in Denmark, Poland and Estonia that officials describe as part of a Russian hybrid campaign, though definitive attribution remains unproven and Moscow denies involvement.
• Countries including France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom and Ukraine provided personnel, radar support and anti‑drone technology to Denmark, reinforcing security around the meetings and expanding intelligence sharing.
• The European Commission released €2 billion for Ukraine to procure drones, financed from profits on frozen Russian assets, while a larger loan mechanism using those returns remains under negotiation.
• Member states advanced work on a coordinated EU anti‑drone “wall,” with NATO backing the concept, but leaders acknowledged technical complexity, cost and the need to extend protection beyond the eastern frontier.
• French prosecutors in Brest immobilized a tanker flying a Benin flag and detained crew in an investigation into possible links to drone flights over Denmark, as debates continued over sanctions, energy exposure and Hungary’s reservations on using frozen assets.