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Russian Frigate Fires Flares at Danish Military Helicopter in Baltic Sea
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In Short: Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen condemned the incident as 'reckless action' after a Russian warship fired flares at a Danish helicopter in international waters.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen slammed the incident as 'reckless action' after a Russian warship fired flares at a Danish military helicopter in the Baltic Sea, prompting the summoning of the Russian ambassador for a discussion.
The incident occurred on September 14 off Gedser, near the southern tip of Falster in Denmark, during a routine photographic operation by a Danish Fennec helicopter.
Frederiksen stated, 'Russian actions are meant to intimidate and divide. They will not succeed. We will not waver,' in a statement on X.
Denmark has accused the Russian frigate of firing two flares at the helicopter, which passed close to the aircraft but did not harm the crew or the aircraft, according to the Danish defence command.
Background
Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.
What's confirmed
- "Russian actions are meant to intimidate and divide. They will not succeed. We will not waver," Frederiksen said in a statement on X.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen slammed the incident as "reckless action from Russia".
What's still developing
- Danish media reported that Defense Minister Jeppe Bruus had summoned representatives of the parties in parliament for a briefing on the incident at the defense ministry.
- Trump did not offer further details about the agreement but it comes a day after the US president called on Zelenskyy to stop targeting Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, claiming the attacks are causing a global shortage.
- He said Denmark was working to keep shipping moving peacefully through Danish waters, though Russia was steadily shifting the line of what it considered acceptable behaviour.
- Lithuania said allied fighter jets destroyed a drone that crossed into its airspace from Belarus on September 15, two weeks after Vilnius called on the alliance to answer Russian hybrid operations in the grey zone below open war.
- Flares are pyrotechnic devices normally used at sea as warning or attention signals.