Copenhagen Airport halted operations on Monday after multiple drones were spotted in the area. The drones came from several different directions, turning their lights on and off, before disappearing after several hours. Around 35 flights were diverted from the airport. A drone incident was reported on the same evening at Oslo Airport in Norway, forcing all traffic to move to one runway. Danish PM Mette Frederiksen noted the incident was "the most serious attack" on Denmark's critical infrastructure so far and was aligned with "other drone incidents, airspace violations, and hacking attacks on European airports." Security concerns in northern Europe have been heightened over a recent spate of Russian sabotage activities, as well as multiple drones and fighter jet incursions into NATO airspace. Separately in Oslo, an explosion went off near the Israeli Embassy. No one was injured and an undetonated hand grenade was recovered in the area. A 13-year-old suspect was arrested.
This disruption during UNGA at two Scandinavian airports following the cyberattack on European airline systems, as well as the recent rightwing violence in the UK, is all part of the Kremlin conducting 'hybrid warfare" on NATO countries supporting Ukraine. Earlier this year a cyberattack caused a massive power outage in Iberia. The Kremlin utilizes organic and proxy assets for these nefarious attacks. These sabotage operations are meant to undermine morale, waste resources, tax security personnel, and uncover weaknesses in Western defenses. The hand grenade incident in Oslo is probably most likely related to Israel's genocidal campaign against the Palestinians as the IDF has been clearing out or killing Muslims in the Gaza Strip to make room for Israeli real estate developers and Settlers.
