Overview

• Leaders gathering in Copenhagen on Wednesday will consider EU-level air defense measures, including a proposed "drone wall" to detect, track and shoot down hostile drones.
• Danish authorities labeled recent drone disruptions at Copenhagen’s airport a hybrid attack, intensifying calls for coordinated counter‑drone capabilities.
• Ursula von der Leyen is advocating a €140 billion "reparations loan" financed by frozen Russian assets to sustain Ukraine, with a formal decision eyed for a late‑October summit.
• Hungary’s Viktor Orbán opposes seizing Russian assets, and the European Commission is exploring a legal route to advance the plan without Budapest’s consent.
• Russian jets entering NATO airspace and large‑scale strikes on Ukraine have prompted tougher air policing, as Poland scrambled fighters and leaders debate rules for shooting down intruders in light of equivocal signals from Washington.