Overview

• Leaders framed recent drone overflights and airspace breaches in Denmark, Poland and Estonia as hybrid aggression, though attribution remains unproven and the Kremlin denies involvement.
• The European Commission disbursed €2 billion for Ukrainian drones from profits on immobilized Russian assets, and Emmanuel Macron signaled openness to a broader loans scheme that still lacks unanimity amid Hungary’s opposition and Belgian legal concerns.
• Design work on an EU anti-drone architecture, dubbed a “wall,” progressed, with a roughly 12‑month startup timeline floated by defense commissioner Andrius Kubilius, while experts and some capitals warned of significant cost and technology constraints.
• French prosecutors in Brest immobilized a Benin‑flagged tanker off Brittany and detained two crew in an investigation that could link the vessel to Denmark’s drone incidents.
• Denmark hosted reinforced counter‑drone security from multiple allies for the meetings, and leaders assigned follow‑up work toward concrete proposals ahead of a fuller EU summit later in October.