Overview

• Danish police closed Aalborg’s airspace on Wednesday night after multiple drones were seen near the airport, which also serves as a military base, with officials noting the devices were highly visible and in some cases flying with lights on.
• Copenhagen’s Kastrup and Oslo’s main airport had already been halted for several hours late Monday into Tuesday due to unidentified large drones, causing dozens of cancellations and diversions across Nordic routes.
• Investigations are led by Danish police with PET and military support, with coordination under way with Norwegian authorities; officers said the flight patterns and size point to a “capable” operator, but the origin remains unknown.
• Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she cannot rule out Russian involvement and EU officials said recent incidents show a pattern pointing to Moscow, which the Kremlin rejected as unfounded; Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky publicly alleged Russian responsibility.
• NATO warned of escalating airspace violations in recent briefings, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told CNN that shooting down Russian jets that breach allied airspace is an option under consideration.