Overview

• New drones were sighted for hours over Denmark’s Karup air base, prompting police and military investigations and temporary airport closures in a week of similar incidents across Europe.
• NATO said it will reinforce Baltic monitoring with added intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets and at least one air‑defense frigate.
• EU defense ministers from 10 eastern members agreed to prioritize a drone‑detection and interception network, while financing and industrial plans will be taken up by leaders in October.
• Russia’s Sergei Lavrov denied any role in the drone incursions at the UN and warned that any attack on Russia would draw a “decisive” response, as European officials voiced suspicions of Moscow.
• In the Caribbean, the U.S. maintains expanded naval deployments and, according to NBC News, is preparing options for drone strikes on narcotraffickers inside Venezuela without presidential approval yet, as Caracas mobilizes forces and civil defense exercises.