"EU commissioners are meeting today for a security college discussion on defence and security issues, where they will be joined by the secretary general of Nato, Mark Rutte. Their meeting comes amid growing concerns about drones appearing in European airspace, causing continuing disruption in parts of the Nordics. It remains unconfirmed who or what is behind them, but still prompted a strong reaction in the region."
"Nato's Rutte agreed with the urgency, stressing that while the alliance is still assessing who or what is behind the drone incursions in Denmark, when it comes to Poland and Estonia, it is clear that it is the Russians. Still, we are assessing whether it is intentional or not. But even if it is not intentional, it is reckless and it is unacceptable."
"Von der Leyen also spoke about Ukraine, hailing its resilience and stressing it has ceded virtually no territory this year, despite continuing conflict. She said the EU's sanctions are working and the bloc will want to push further with the upcoming, 19th package of measures against Moscow. The EU has agreed with Ukraine that a total of 2bn will be spent on drones, which allows Ukraine to scale up and to use its full capacity."
EU commissioners convened with NATO leadership at a security college to address defence and security issues amid growing drone activity in European airspace. The incidents have caused disruption across parts of the Nordics and prompted Denmark to immediately strengthen air defences ahead of major summits. Central and eastern European countries reported airspace violations earlier this month, including over 20 drones crossing into Poland and three MiG fighter jets entering Estonian airspace. The meeting emphasized a strong, united response, acceleration of a drone wall project, ongoing NATO assessment of responsibility and intent, and an EU commitment of 2bn for Ukrainian drone capabilities.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]