Denmark

Denmark: Drone Activity Forces Fresh Closure at Aalborg Airport

Published SEP 26 2025

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Above: Aalborg Airport on Sept. 25, 2025. Image credit: BO AMSTRUP/AFP/Getty Images

The Facts

Aalborg Airport in Denmark had to ground flights for the second night this week due to suspected drone activity on Thursday evening, with operations paused late on Thursday (local time) and the early hours of Friday morning.
EuroNews
Sky News
Danish police confirmed there were more than 500 reports of drone sightings across all police districts in the country on Thursday, with Billund Airport similarly affected and forced into a brief closure.
Danish Police
The incident is the latest in what Denmark considers a hybrid attack, with Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen stating on Thursday that the drone incursions were part of a "systematic operation" conducted by a "professional actor."
Bloomberg.com
BBC News
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated that the government would respond by increasing the police and military presence around key infrastructure, investing in anti-drone capabilities and providing the authorities with the mandate to neutralize "enemy drones."
Denmark Prime Minister's office
Despite Poulsen’s remarks that the perpetrators are currently unknown, Frederiksen suggested that Russia may have been responsible as the "one country that poses a threat to Europe's security," a claim the Russian embassy denies.
Denmark Prime Minister's office
The Embassy of the Russian Federation on Facebook
Politico
In light of the drone activity, Denmark joined European Union discussions on Friday about establishing a continental "drone wall" to detect and counter future drone threats originating from Russia.
France 24
Daily Mail

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The Spin

Pro-Russia narrative

The Danish airport incidents in recent days are clearly a staged provocation designed to escalate tensions and drag more countries into the Ukrainian conflict. These absurd accusations against Russia are nothing more than manufactured drama by forces desperate to expand the war beyond Ukraine's borders.

The Embassy of the Russian Federation on Facebook

Anti-Russia narrative

Denmark is facing a real hybrid warfare threat from Russia, with drones targeting critical infrastructure across multiple locations. These cowardly attacks aim to destabilize European democracies and create division, requiring immediate NATO cooperation and expanded defense capabilities to counter Moscow's escalating aggression.

Denmark Prime Minister's office