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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) \u2014 Denmark’s defense ministry said Sunday that it had again observed drones at several of its armed forces\u2019 locations<\/a> overnight, a day after the NATO alliance<\/a> announced that it would enhance its vigilance in the Baltic Sea region. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The ministry said in a statement that it had \u201cseveral capacities deployed\u201d after drone sightings from Saturday into Sunday night. It didn’t offer any further details about the specifics of the deployment, the number of drones or locations. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n This is the latest unexplained drone activity after several sightings, including over five Danish airports<\/a> last week, raising concerns about security<\/a> in northern Europe amid suspected growing Russian aggression<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Following a NATO meeting in Riga, Latvia, on Saturday, Col. Martin O\u2019Donnell, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe spokesperson, announced that \u201cwe will conduct even more enhanced vigilance with new multi-domain assets in the Baltic Sea region, which includes Denmark, under Baltic Sentry.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n He also said that NATO leaders were in constant contact with Danish officials following the drone sightings. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n As Denmark gears up for the upcoming European Union Summit in Copenhagen, the Danish transportation ministry said Sunday that \u201call civilian drone flying in Danish airspace will be prohibited\u201d from Monday to Friday to \u201cremove the risk that enemy drones can be confused with legal drones and vice versa.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cWe cannot accept that foreign drones create uncertainty and disturbances in society, as we have experienced recently. At the same time, Denmark will host EU leaders in the coming week, where we will have extra focus on security,\u201d Danish transportation minister Thomas Danielsen said in a statement. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cA violation of the prohibition can result in a fine or imprisonment for up to two years,” according to the statement. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The prohibition does not apply to military drone flights, drones used by state aviation, including police and emergency drone operations, as well as municipal and regional emergency and health-related drone operations. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n On Sunday afternoon, the Danish defense ministry announced that the German air defense frigate, FSG Hamburg, had arrived in Copenhagen. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cHere, the ship will contribute to strengthening Denmark\u2019s surveillance of the airspace in connection with the upcoming EU summit in Copenhagen,\u201d the ministry said in a statement. \u201cThe German frigate is part of NATO\u2019s Baltic Sentry activity, which is intended to strengthen NATO\u2019s presence along the alliance\u2019s eastern flank.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Separately, Germany said that following a request from Denmark, its armed forces would provide military support for the upcoming EU summit through \u201cCounter-small Unmanned Aircraft Systems capabilities,\u201d also known as C-sUAS, which are detection systems that use radar, optical and acoustics technologies. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sweden had already announced earlier that it would “lend Denmark a military anti-drone capability\u201d without giving further details. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Tensions have been running high in Denmark in recent days following reports of drone activity, and hundreds of possible sightings reported by concerned citizens that couldn\u2019t officially be confirmed. Nonetheless, the public has been asked to report all suspicious activity to the police. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard said on Sept. 25 that the goal of the flyovers is to sow fear and division, adding that the country will seek additional ways to neutralize drones, including proposing legislation to allow infrastructure owners to shoot them down. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n While it’s not clear who is behind the drone activity, Denmark\u2019s prime minister and NATO\u2019s secretary-general<\/a> said last week that Russian involvement couldn\u2019t be ruled out. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Russian Embassy in Denmark last week rejected claims of Moscow’s involvement in the incidents. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Speaking to Russian media in comments released Sunday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that any attempt by NATO to shoot down Russian or Belarusian aircraft would be met with an \u201cimmediate response.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cLet them try, let them shoot. Or they\u2019ll shoot down something Russian over Kaliningrad. Then, of course, we\u2019ll have to fight, as they say in Russia, with all we\u2019ve got. Is that necessary? No,\u201d he said, asking whether NATO would shoot down his helicopter when flying close to the Polish border. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n The release of Lukashenko\u2019s comments came after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov<\/a> told the U.N. General Assembly<\/a> on Saturday that his nation doesn\u2019t intend to attack Europe, but will mount a \u201cdecisive response\u201d to any aggression. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI think people will very much regret if they commit the most flagrant violation of our territorial integrity and territorial sovereignty,\u201d Lavrov said, including \u201cattempts to shoot down \u2026 any object in general over our territory, in our airspace.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) \u2014 Denmark’s defense ministry said Sunday that it had again observed drones at several of its armed forces\u2019 locations overnight, a day after the NATO alliance announced that it would enhance its vigilance in the Baltic Sea region. 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