Denmark has temporarily banned civil drone flights in its airspace as it prepares to host a top European Union meeting on defense and the war in Ukraine, and after a surge of suspicious drone activity at several airports and military sites last week.
The ban, which runs from Monday to Friday, aims to eliminate any risk of “hostile” drones being mistaken for legal ones or vice versa, the country’s transport minister Thomas Danielson told CNN.
Several unexplained sightings of drones over civilian airports and a military base were reported in Denmark last week. The incidents forced several airports to temporarily close and disrupted travel for tens of thousands of people.
Top European leaders will descend on Copenhagen on Wednesday for a European Council meeting to discuss defense and Ukraine, followed by a European Political Community summit in the city the next day.
“We are currently in a difficult security situation, and we must ensure the best possible working conditions for the armed forces and the police when they are responsible for security during the EU summit,” Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said in a statement on Sunday.
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