Overview

• Copenhagen and Oslo shut airports for hours after unidentified drones loitered nearby, disrupting more than 130 flights and affecting about 20,000 passengers before operations resumed.
• Denmark’s prime minister labeled the incident the most serious attack on national critical infrastructure to date, said Russia cannot be ruled out, and the Kremlin rejected any link as police pursued an ongoing probe.
• NATO ambassadors met at Estonia’s request over an alleged MiG-31 incursion, issuing a statement urging Russia to halt escalation and warning of miscalculation risks, which Moscow dismissed as unfounded.
• Western officials raised deterrent rhetoric at the UN, with the UK vowing to confront unauthorized aircraft, the U.S. envoy pledging to defend every inch of alliance territory, and President Donald Trump saying allies should shoot down intruding Russian planes, subject to circumstances.
• Germany outlined a jump in defense spending to €108 billion next year, citing recent airspace incidents and the need to strengthen Europe’s security posture.