Copenhagen (TDI): European Union leaders are gathering in Denmark on Wednesday and Thursday, to discuss Europe’s security and also take part in the European Political Community summit.
The security in Copenhagen is unusually tight and other countries have also pitched in to make these two days secure, after Denmark faced drone disruption last week.
Denmark has banned all civilian drone flights until Friday, citing the need to remove ambiguity between harmless drones and hostile ones.
France, Germany, Sweden, and Finland each dispatched anti‑drone units, radar equipment, and support personnel prior the summit.
Even a German air‑defense frigate (FGS Hamburg) has been deployed in the Baltic to aid airspace monitoring.
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Europe is currently highly skeptical of airspace violations especially in the eastern flank countries, amid the Russia-Ukraine war, and since Poland first reported shooting down a drone for its airspace violation.
Russia has denied any such violations but the insecurity runs high. This urgent gathering in Denmark is also motivated by these incidents.
The European leaders seek to agree on a defense strategy against any such possible events in the future.
In recent days, multiple airports and military installations in Denmark were disrupted by unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles.
Citing hybrid warfare tactics, Denmark’s leaders have called the episodes among the most serious attacks on their critical infrastructure to date.
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While no state has yet been formally blamed, many point to Moscow, after similar airspace violations were reported by Poland and Estonia.
A central focus of this urgent gathering is the “drone wall,” a coordinated sensor, radar and counter‑drone shield along the EU’s eastern frontier, intended to detect, track, and neutralize unauthorized UAVs.
In recent weeks, defense ministers from several member states pledged to build out this network, and have already started mapping capability gaps.
Ukraine has also joined the effort, sending a contingent of drone warfare experts to Denmark to help train European partners in counter‑UAV techniques.
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