26 h. ago France urges tougher action against Russia, saying drones should be shot down and oil ships stopped

French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe must take a tougher approach on Russia by shooting down drones the violate European airspace and boarding Moscow's shadow fleet ships

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4 d. ago Airspace violations force NATO to tread a tightrope, deterring Russia without hiking tensions

NATO is ramping up aerial surveillance in the Baltic Sea

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4 d. ago Sweden considers having its own nuclear weapons to counter the threat of Russia: Politicians say 'everything should be on the table' in wake of Putin's growing aggression

The warnings come as European governments report a rise in hostile drone activity and airspace violations that officials link to Vladimir Putin.

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4 d. ago Russia’s provocations are menacing Nato. The cold war shows how it needs to respond | Sergey Radchenko

Despite the cost of shooting down fighter jets and drones, small skirmishes remind both sides of the dangers of escalationEarlier this month, a swarm of Russian drones violated Poland’s borders. Some were shot down. A few days later, another Russian drone overflew Romania en route to Ukraine. The Romanian air defence let it get away. Then, on 19 September, three Russian MiG-31 fighters intruded into Estonia’s airspace. Italian F-35s – in the area on a Nato mission – intercepted the Russians and saw them off.Although this is hardly the first time Russia has violated Nato’s airspace, the extent and the brazen nature of these latest provocations make them stand out. Incursions will end only when the intruders are shot down. Fortunately, shooting down an occasional Russian fighter jet, never mind drones, is very unlikely to lead to a broader escalation. It may even help cool down tensions by reinforcing the red lines.Sergey Radchenko is Wilson E Schmidt distinguished professor at the He...

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5 d. ago WW3 fears as Poland scrambles jets after Putin slams Ukraine with 'massive attack'

With tensions between NATO and Russia at their highest in years, Poland was forced to protect its eastern border after Vladmir Putin launched a huge attack on Ukrainian targets

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5 d. ago World War 3 'now inevitable' as Russia 'has little to deter it from taking on the West'

Estonia's defence minister has issued a stark warning that Moscow's latest hybrid attacks are designed to force NATO to drop support for Ukraine

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6 d. ago EU to move forward with plans for drone wall amid Russian incursions

Ministers aim to bolster defences after spate of airspace violations, amid rising momentum for €140bn loan to UkraineThe EU has agreed to move forward with plans for a drone wall at the heart of its eastern defences, as momentum grows for a €140bn loan to Ukraine, based on Russian frozen assets.After a meeting with ministers from 10 mostly central and eastern European member states, plus Ukraine, the EU’s defence commissioner, Andrius Kubilius, said a drone wall to protect against incursions from the skies was an immediate priority and core element of the bloc’s eastern flank defences. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago EU ‘drone wall’ to protect entire continent, says defence chief

Europe aims for interlinked defences after spate of Russian airspace violations

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7 d. ago European countries meet to discuss a 'drone wall' as airspace violations mount

Representatives from European countries with borders close to Russia and Ukraine are holding talks on building a drone wall to plug gaps in their defenses following several airspace violations

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7 d. ago Russia's chilling WW3 warning to NATO: Shooting down Russian planes will lead to war, says Kremlin's envoy to France

The threat comes amid rising tensions between Moscow and its European neighbours with Russia accused of violating their airspace after a number of drone incursions.

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8 d. ago How safe is your holiday flight and where will Putin target next? As Russia probes NATO defences, airport drone incursions are already proving to be a terrifyingly simple and dangerous tactic

Denmark's Aalborg airport is currently closed after suspicious overnight drones were spotted violating the country's airspace.

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8 d. ago Drones seen at four more Danish airports in ‘systematic’ attack

Airfield used by military shut down for several hours as Europe remains on alert over airspace violations

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8 d. ago Drones seen at 4 more Danish airports in ‘systematic’ attack

Airfield used by military shut down for several hours as Europe remains on alert over airspace violations

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9 d. ago Russia feared to have carried out GPS attack on Spanish Air Force plane carrying defence minister

Russia is believed to have targeted a Spanish military jet with defence minister Margarita Robles on board after it experienced a GPS disturbance

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9 d. ago Britain is 'ready to act' after Trump backed shooting down Russian planes that challenge Nato, Yvette Cooper warns

Yvette Cooper said the military alliance 'stands firm' following a series of 'provocative' violations of airspace by Vladimir Putin's forces.

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1 week ago Danish PM ‘cannot rule out’ Russian involvement in drone sightings that closed Copenhagen and Oslo airports – Europe live

Copenhagen airport closed for four hours after large drones seen in vicinity, while Oslo airport closed for three hours following two sightingsJust a reminder that Nato is meeting this morning to discuss the Russian incursion into Estonian airspace last Friday.We should hear from the alliance’s secretary general Mark Rutte around 11:45 BST (12:45 CEST).“I cannot rule out that it is Russia. We have seen drones over Poland that should not have been there. We have seen activity in Romania. We have seen violations of Estonian airspace. We have seen hacker attacks on European airports over the weekend.Now there have been drones in Denmark, and it appears that there have been drones in Oslo and Norway as well. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Danish PM links drone sightings that closed Copenhagen and Oslo airports with recent European airspace violations – Europe live

Copenhagen airport closed for four hours after large drones seen in vicinity, while Oslo airport closed for three hours following two sightingsThere has been no update on what happened to the drones that disrupted the operations at Copenhagen airport last night.Danish media earlier questioned whether they came from the land or from the sea, but authorities declined to offer more detail at this stage of the investigation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Explaining NATO's Article 4 as Estonia seeks consultations over Russian airspace violation

NATO allies have planned formal consultations at Estonia's request

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1 week ago Russian violation of Estonian airspace brings region ‘closer to conflict’, foreign minister says – Europe live

Estonian foreign minister says incident on Friday is fourth Russian violation of Estonian airspace this yearin BerlinThe absence of Friedrich Merz this week from the UN general assembly at which recognising Palestine as a state is the central focus might not be headline news but both in Germany and beyond it is very much being commented on. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Poland's PM says the country will 'shoot down flying objects without question' after Czech president demanded NATO destroys any Russian jets that enter its airspace

Poland's prime minister says his nation will not hesitate to shoot down objects that violate its airspace and pose a threat. 

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