\n\t\t\t\t\tThis is not just Ukraine\u2019s war any longer. It is ours\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n
Britain\u2019s decision to throw its weight behind a proposed European \u201cdrone wall<\/a>\u201d underscores a recognition that war is no longer confined to Ukraine\u2019s borders<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The UK, working with Ukraine to mass produce cheap interceptor drones, is set to anchor a barrier of aerial defences stretching along Nato\u2019s eastern flank. The symbolism is clear: this is not just Ukraine\u2019s war any longer. It is Europe\u2019s<\/a>.<\/p>\n The initiative follows a rash of incursions<\/a> that have brought the war alarmingly close. <\/p>\n New FeatureIn ShortQuick Stories. Same trusted journalism.<\/p>\n Drones, assumed to be Russian, have crossed into Polish airspace, forcing Nato jets to scramble; others have been sighted over Denmark, Norway, Romania and Sweden. Three Russian MiG-31 fighter jets brazenly spent 12 minutes inside Estonian airspace earlier this month. <\/p>\n Moscow pleads error, but few believe it. The pattern is deliberate: Vladimir Putin is testing Nato<\/a> for weakness, probing to see how far he can go without provoking retaliation.<\/p>\n That is why, at Friday\u2019s emergency meeting of EU defence ministers, officials agreed to draw up plans to build drone defences across Europe\u2019s entire eastern front and its critical infrastructure. <\/p>\n European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that Europe \u201cmust heed the call \u2026 to build a drone wall,\u201d combining radars, acoustic sensors and interceptor systems. <\/p>\n