US EditionDenmark reports repeated Russian naval provocations in its straits
Russian naval vessels aimed weapons at Danish ships and disrupted navigation systems in Denmark's straits, with intelligence calling these acts hybrid warfare tactics.
- On Oct 3, Denmark's Defence Intelligence Service reported Russian warships repeatedly sailed on collision courses, aimed weapons at Danish vessels and disrupted navigation in Denmark's straits including the Great Belt Strait.
- Denmark's intelligence service assesses Russia is conducting hybrid warfare, linking a warship anchored over a week to shielding Russia's 'shadow fleet' evading Western oil sanctions.
- Recorded data indicates Russian ships equipped with sonar and electronic jamming caused GPS interference, and `We have seen several incidents in the Danish straits, where Danish air force helicopters and naval vessels have been targeted by tracking radars and physically pointed at with weapons from Russian warships,` Ahrenkiel said.
- Defence officials warned such incidents risk unintended escalation and accidental clashes, and the White House said on Oct 3 it treats the report seriously while coordinating with NATO as Denmark noted no direct military threat.
- Recent months have seen damaged undersea cables, gas interruptions, airspace intrusions and drone sightings, prompting Sweden's coast guard expansion proposal and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's call of a "hybrid attack," while President Vladimir Putin dismissed allegations as "nonsense.
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Denmark warns of repeated Russian naval provocations in its straits
Danish defence intelligence announced Friday that Russian warships have conducted a series of confrontational acts targeting Danish naval ships and military aircraft in the narrow straits connecting the Baltic and North Seas.
UPDATE 3-Denmark reports repeated Russian naval provocations in its straits
Russian warships have repeatedly sailed on collision courses, aimed weapons at Danish naval vessels and disrupted navigation systems in Denmark's straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, its defence intelligence service said on Friday. Such incidents risk unintended escalation, it said.
Such incidents are likely to lead to an involuntary escalation, warned the Danish military intelligence service on Friday, while the Baltic region remains in a state of maximum alert after the recent...
Denmark reports repeated Russian naval provocations in its straits
Russian warships have repeatedly sailed on collision courses, aimed weapons at Danish naval vessels and disrupted navigation systems in Denmark's straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, its defence intelligence service said on Friday.
Denmark reports repeated Russian naval provocations in its strait
COPENHAGEN: Russian warships have repeatedly sailed on collision courses, aimed weapons at Danish naval vessels and disrupted navigation systems in Denmark's straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, its defence intelligence service said on Friday (Oct 3).Such incidents risk unintended escalation,
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