Russia’s high-risk game in Nato skies

俄罗斯在北约领空的冒险游戏

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2025-09-24

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Over the past two weeks, Russian drones and jets have entered the airspace of several European countries. Dan Sabbagh discusses the escalation along the Nato-Russia border. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, what is Russia up to in European airspace?

  • It was just past midnight in the early hours of Tuesday morning when the drones were spotted over Copenhagen Airport.

  • Authorities said the pilot was skilled and appeared to be showing off those capabilities at the region's largest airport.

  • For four hours, all flights were suspended.

  • It was, said the Danes, the most serious attack yet on its critical infrastructure.

  • At the time we're recording this, no one knows definitively who was responsible.

  • But one man?

  • Who knows a lot about drones?

  • Was certain that he knew the answer.

  • It was Russia, said Wladimir Zelensky.

  • In the last two weeks alone, Russian drones have been spotted above Poland and Romania.

  • Poland's Prime Minister,

  • Donald Tusk has confirmed that Russian drones were shot down in Polish airspace overnight.

  • He said it was the first time this had happened.

  • And on Friday, three Russian fighter jets flew into the Estonian airspace above the Gulf of Finland.

  • The last hour or so

  • because Estonia's government says three Russian military jets entered NATO airspace without permission on Friday morning.

  • You won't be surprised to hear that Russia denies that it's up to anything nefarious.

  • Today,