Overview

• An informal EU leaders’ meeting in Copenhagen follows recent drone incursions that shut Copenhagen airport, prompting Denmark to deploy precision radar and allied air and naval assets.
• Leaders are debating a coordinated “drone wall” for Europe’s eastern flank as a layered detection and interception network, though financing, legal frameworks and technical integration remain unresolved.
• The European Commission’s push to use roughly €140 billion in frozen Russian assets as a zero‑interest loan for Ukraine faces legal questions and resistance from several capitals, including concerns over unanimity.
• With Hungary vowing to block Kyiv’s accession, officials are weighing a procedural change to open EU accession chapters by qualified majority, a move that still lacks broad support.
• No binding outcomes are expected today as leaders set the stage for a formal Brussels summit in about three weeks, with Volodymyr Zelenskyy due to address the meeting by videolink and an EPC session to follow.