The Kremlin has denied involvement in two drone incidents that disrupted air traffic in Oslo and Copenhagen into the early hours of Tuesday morning.
During his daily press briefing on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that accusations of Russian involvement were baseless, as per The Moscow Times.
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“Frankly, making unfounded accusations over and over again only leads to such statements no longer being taken seriously,” he told reporters.
Two or three drones were sighted near Copenhagen Airport at around 8:30 p.m. local time on Monday evening, halting landings and take-offs for around four hours.
Another drone appeared near Oslo Airport around midnight, disrupting air traffic until approximately 03:22 a.m. local time.
No drones are believed to have been intercepted or shot down in either case, and Norwegian and Danish authorities are co-ordinating their investigations in order to find out whether the two incidents are linked.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she could “not rule out” Russia’s involvement in what she described as the most serious attack on critical Danish infrastructure to date, as per the Financial Times.
“It is clear that this fits in with the developments we have seen recently with other drone attacks, violations of airspace and cyber attacks on European airports,” she added.
Last week, a cyberattack affected several major European airports, causing widespread delays and cancellations – although its origins remain unknown.
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The Kremlin’s denials of involvement in this latest incident echo its response to several violations of NATO airspace, including the incursion of at least 19 drones into Poland in the early hours of Sept. 10 and three MiG-13 fighter jets entering Estonian airspace over the Gulf of Finland on Friday.
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna described Friday’s incident as “part of a broader pattern of escalation by Russia, both regionally and globally,” as per The Moscow Times.
The Kremlin said on Monday that Estonia’s accusations were “empty, unfounded and a continuation of the country’s utterly unstoppable policy of escalating tensions and provoking a confrontational atmosphere.”