Danish protection ministry reporting drones noticed in a single day at protection amenities

The Danish protection ministry mentioned Saturday that “drones have been observed at several of Danish defense facilities” in a single day Friday into Saturday. The renewed drone sightings come after there have been a number of drone sightings within the Nordic nation earlier this week, with a few of them quickly shutting down Danish airports.

The Danish protection ministry mentioned in a press release that drone exercise was observed at Skrydstrup Air Base and the Jutland Dragoon Regiment.

A number of native media reported that a number of drones have been additionally seen close to or above the army Karup Air Base, which is Denmark’s largest army base.

The Protection ministry refused to verify the sighting at Karup and mentioned later that “for reasons of operational security and the ongoing investigation, the Defense Command Denmark does not wish to elaborate further on drone sightings.”

Danish public broadcaster DR reported that in Karup, there have been drones within the air each inside and out of doors the fence of the air base at round 8 p.m. native time, quoting Simon Skelkjær, the responsibility supervisor on the Central and West Jutland Police.

DR mentioned that for a time period the airspace was closed to civil air visitors, however that didn’t have a lot sensible significance as there may be presently no civil aviation in Karup.

The repeated unexplained drone exercise, together with over 4 Danish airports in a single day Wednesday into Thursday and an identical incident at Copenhagen Airport has raised issues about safety in northern Europe.

Flights resumed early Tuesday at Copenhagen airport after being suspended or diverted in a single day due to drone sightings. Police reported two to a few massive, unidentified drones have been seen Monday evening, forcing outgoing flights at Scandinavia’s largest airport to be grounded and others diverted to airports close by.

Jens Jespersen of the Copenhagen Police mentioned the these accountable appeared to be exhibiting off their expertise, including that the quantity, massive dimension and flight patterns of the unidentified drones mixed indicated “that it is a capable actor. Which capable actor, I do not know.” 

Neither Danish nor Norwegian officers have accused anybody of accountability. However the incidents include many European nations on alert following Russian drone and fighter jet incursions into Poland, Romania and Estonia.

Common view of Aalborg Airport in Denmark, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, after drones have been noticed on the airport on Wednesday night and the evening to Thursday, and the airspace over the airport was closed. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix through AP)

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The purpose of the flyovers is to sow concern and division, Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard mentioned Thursday, including that the nation will search further methods to neutralize drones, together with proposing laws to permit infrastructure homeowners to shoot them down.

For the upcoming European Union summit subsequent week, the Danish protection ministry confirmed on X that the nation’s authorities had accepted a suggestion from Sweden to “lend Denmark a military anti-drone capability,” with out giving additional particulars.

In neighboring Germany, a number of drones have been reported within the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, which borders Denmark, from Thursday into Friday evening.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz mentioned that in regard to frequent assaults on infrastructure and information networks, “we are not at war, but we are no longer living in peace either.” He didn’t allude to a sure nation because the actor behind these assaults.

“Drone flights, espionage, the Tiergarten murder, massive threats to individual public figures, not only in Germany but also in many other European countries. Acts of sabotage on a daily basis. Attempts to paralyze data centers. Cyberattacks,” he added throughout a speech on the Schwarz Ecosystem Summit in Berlin on Friday, dpa reported.

What turned often known as the “Tiergarten murder” in Germany refers back to the case of Vadim Krasikov, who was convicted of the Aug. 23, 2019, killing of Zelimkhan “Tornike” Khangoshvili, a 40-year-old Georgian citizen who had fought Russian troops in Chechnya and later claimed asylum in Germany. Krasikov was returned to Russia as a part of a large prisoner swap between the U.S. and Russia in 2024.