Drone incursions and cyberattacks shake European security • FRANCE 24 English

Drone incursions and cyberattacks shake European security • FRANCE 24 English

Drone incursions caused temporary closures at Copenhagen and Oslo airports Monday evening. It came just days after a hacking operation led to problems at three European airports including London Heathro. For officials, whoever is behind the latest attacks has one goal in mind. To disturb, create unrest, cause concern, see how far you can go, test the limits. could go. Speaking on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Ukraine’s president suggested there was little doubt of Russia’s involvement. The comments from Vladimir Zilinski come as the war at home grinds on a conflict where drone technology has been pushed to the limits. So, he uses different types of long-d distanceance drones to understand how Europe is ready. Tensions have been on the rise in Europe over the past 2 weeks. On the 9th of September, around 20 Russian drones entered Poland’s airspace. 4 days later, Romania 2 reported such a violation. But it’s not just drones and cyber warfare that’s at play. Last Friday, Russian jets entered Estonian airspace. According to experts, it’s all part of a coordinated campaign from Moscow intended to create fear. It seems as if there’s a coordinated campaign. You could say it’s the Russians turning up the rhetoric. While European and NATO officials say they are taking the recent threat seriously, Estonia’s defense minister is warning of shortfalls which exist. When we talk about the lower altitude detection capabilities, then definitely all the NATO countries have gaps there. Uh we’ve seen that also in the Polish incident. uh most of the drones were not detected uh and and uh this is a real uh gap we have to uh we have to solve. Faced with growing uncertainty, some EU defense ministers are due to meet Friday to discuss creating a so-called drone war. This as investigators continue to determine who was behind the recent cyber attacks. Experts say regardless of whether the motive was ransom or a deliberate attack, it exposes just how fragile systems are in a digitized world.

Tensions are high in Europe after a series of drone incursions and hacking episodes at critical sites over the past few days. Investigators have yet to figure out who was behind the disruption, but Moscow has come out and said allegations of Russian involvement are ungrounded. NATO warned Russia on Tuesday that it would defend against any breaches of its airspace.
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