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Drone flights shut airports in Denmark, Norway as anxiety over Russia soars
['William Booth', 'Ellen Francis', 'Ariana Eunjung Cha', 'Álvaro Valiño', 'Dan Keating', 'Michael Birnbaum', 'John Hudson', 'Adam Taylor', 'Washington Post Staff', 'Annabelle Timsit']
The Washington Post
Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAround 8:30 p.m. local time Monday, Copenhagen’s international airport shut down and flights were rerouted after drones were spotted in its airspace.
“We have seen drones over Poland that should not have been there.
Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter the drone incursion in Poland, three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland without permission on Friday.
“What we have seen in terms of Russia is that they have not accidentally violated the airspaces of E.U.
member states, but this was an intentional violation of the European airspace and here we see a clear pattern.”“Russia is testing the European borders,” she added, “also probing our resolve and undermining our security.”
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