Neighbouring Norway was also investigating “possible sightings of drones” early Saturday near its biggest military base, Orland, where its F-35 fighter jets are parked.
Denmark has accepted a Swedish offer of Stockholm's anti-drone technology to ensure the meeting can proceed without disruption.
Danish police said “one to two drones” were observed Friday around 8:15 pm (1815 GMT) near and over the Karup military base, the country’s biggest base which houses all of the armed forces’ helicopters, airspace surveillance, flight school and support functions.
Police spokesman Simon Skelkjaer said he could not comment on where the drones came from, adding: “We didn’t take them down.”
The Karup base shares its runways with the Midtjylland civilian airport, which was briefly closed though no flights were affected as none were scheduled at that hour, Skelkjaer said.
“The sightings are probably drones but the investigation will find out what it was. As of now we’re handling it as a drone sighting,“ a spokesman for Norway’s joint headquarters, Brynjar Stordal, told AFP.
“They were not engaged by us.”
They followed drone incursions in Polish and Romanian territory and the violation of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter jets, which raised tensions in light of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Thursday that “over recent days, Denmark has been the victim of hybrid attacks,“ referring to unconventional warfare.
Frederiksen has pointed the finger at Russia.
Moscow said Thursday it “firmly rejects” any suggestion that it was involved in the Danish incidents. Its embassy in Copenhagen called them “a staged provocation”, in a post on social media.
The drone flights began just days after Denmark announced it would acquire long-range precision weapons for the first time, as Russia would pose a threat “for years to come”.
Defence ministers from around 10 EU countries agreed Friday to make a so-called “drone wall” a priority for the bloc.
“We need to move fast,“ Kubilius told AFP in an interview. “And we need to move, taking all the lessons from Ukraine and making this drone wall together with Ukraine.” - AFP
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