Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Europe has witnessed a state of rising anxiety after a series of incidents in which drones of unknown origin penetrated the airspace of a number of European countries.
Among them are Denmark, Norway, Poland and Romania, amid growing accusations from European leaders that Moscow was behind them.
At a time when the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) escalated its defense measures, stressing the development of a new strategy to confront what it called “Russian drones”.
The Kremlin responded by denying any Russian connection to these incidents, considering the accusations “unjustified and aimed at fueling tension”.
Superficial and baseless
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow sees the statements of a number of European leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, linking the marches to flying in the airspace of Europe and Russia, as “superficial statements that are not based on any basis in truth”.
He added: “Many politicians in Europe are accustomed to blaming Russia for everything, and they often do so without any evidence, and this is how we look at these accusations”.
repeated incidents
These statements come after Denmark, Norway and several Scandinavian countries witnessed repeated incidents of unidentified drones flying.
These drones caused a state of security alert.
Russian fighters also penetrated Estonian airspace.
This prompted NATO to raise its alert level and hold a meeting of the alliance’s chiefs of staff in the Latvian capital, Riga, to discuss recent violations and ways to respond to them.
Moscow strongly denied planning or carrying out any incursions into NATO airspace.
These countries were accused of trying to provoke them and fuel the conflict in Ukraine by “fabricating air accidents”.
Establishing a counter-wall to the marches
These developments came after defense ministers in ten European countries agreed last month to make “establishing an anti-march wall” a defense priority.
This comes after repeated incidents of aircraft believed to be Russian violating European Union airspace.
Last September, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for the establishment of an “anti-marriage wall” to protect European airspace.
This came hours after NATO announced the downing of Russian drones inside Poland.
