The Danish government on Sunday disclosed that it had summoned Russia’s ambassador after a Russian spy plane allegedly violated its airspace over the weekend.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that the plane allegedly entered Danish airspace on Friday evening east of the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm before flying into Swedish airspace, the government said.
Swedish defence officials announced the violation on Saturday.
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‘The Russian ambassador is summoned to the foreign ministry tomorrow,’ Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod tweeted on Sunday, referring to a ‘new Russian violation of Danish airspace’.
Kofod went on to add that it was ‘totally unacceptable and particularly worrying in the current situation’, referring to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rising tensions with NATO, of which Denmark is a member.
Henrik Mortensen, a Danish Defence Command press officer, told AFP on Sunday about the incident.
‘It was a reconnaissance plane that was in our airspace for a very brief moment. Two Danish F-16 immediately intervened,’ Mortensen said, adding that such incidents are rare.
Africa Today News, New York had earlier reported that Poland had in a show of utter defiance has sent reinforcements to Ukraine despite earlier warnings from Russia.
The country has continued to supply their neighbours with equipment, such as dozens of infantry fighting vehicles and the 2S1 Carnation self-propelled howitzers, drones, Grad multiple rocket launchers and Piorun (Thunderbolt) man-portable air defense systems.
Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki made this disclosure last week.
This move, however, is against Russia’s earlier warning that any country, especially in the European Union that provides lethal weapons to Ukraine during the ongoing war, would face the consequences.
Russia’s Gazprom also recently suspended gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria, citing the two countries’ refusal to pay in Russian roubles, prompting accusations of “blackmail” and emergency talks at the European Union headquarters in Brussels.
Africa Today News, New York