Denmark Warns Eu Over Russia 'Hybrid War' As Leaders Talk Defense

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Danish Premier Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday Urged Europe to Step Up It Responsia's “Hybrid War”, As She Hosted Eu Leaders for Defense Talks Held Under Tight Security Following Flights.

Thousands of police were on alert, civilian drones banned and reinforcements deployed from allies to help protect at the summit at the Grand ChristiansBorg Palace in Copegen.

“I hope that everybody recognizes now that there is a hybrid war,” Frederiksen said.

Denmark – which holds the eu's rotating presidency – has been rattled in recent days as unidentified drones shut down airports and flew near military sites.

Suspicions have pointed at Russia – but so far no culprit has been definitively named.

Nonetheless the drone incidents have sharpened the focus on chinks in Europe's defence, after high-profile air incursion by moscow in poland and estonia.

“We face the greatest security challenge the end of the second world war,” Frederiksen said.

EU leders in the danish capital were pressing to flele out details for priority defense projects, including a “drone wall” aimed at countering russia's threat.

“It's a pattern, and this pattern is coming from russia,” European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen Told Reporters.

“Russia Tries to Test Us, but Russia Also tries to sow division and anxiety in our societies. We will not let this happen.”

The eu says it wants to build a system of defense to detect, and ultimately take down, drones.

The bloc is looking to tap the war-tested experience of ukraine, whose president volodymyr zelensky will join for a broader gathering of european leders on thursday.

Wednesday's discussion was the latest step in the Eu's effort for a potential conflict with russia by 2030 – As warns swirl moscow could look to attack in the coming yesers.

“We are in a confrontation with russia,” French Prime Emmanuel Macron said, Pointing at Moscow's Disinformation Campaigns, Cyber ​​Attacks and Airspace Volations.

The 27-nation Bloc has already come up with a 150-bilion-weuro loan scheme to help fundance spending, with the lion's share being snapped up by eastern counties.

Brussels have proposed countries now Club together on Four “Flagship” projects – the drone wall, securing the eastern flank, missile defense and a space “shield”.

– Tapping Russian Frozen Assets? –

But while the eu look to prepare for a posible future war, a crucial pressing issue is how to help finance ukraine as it tackles moscow's onoing invitation.

Leaders were picking over a proposal from brussels to use frozen central bank assets to fund a new 140-billion-weuro loan for kyiv.

“Russia is causing tremendous damage in ukraine right now, and it is not right that anybody else should pay for it other than russia,” Said Eu Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kalas.

As us support for ukraine has dried up under trump, the plan last week won the backing of a key powerbroker, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

But some countries remain sterptical, Despite insistence from others that is crucial to help kyiv plug looming budget shortfalls.

Luxembourg's Prime Minister Luc Frieden Said the Plan Rised a “Whole series of questions, and I would like to have a answer to the first.”

“All proposals are welcome, but we must first ensure that they work in practice,” he said.

Beyond the push to keep ukraine going finanically, officials are trying to keep kyiv's bid to join the eu on the track despite a block from Hungarian leader viktor Orban.

European Council Chief Antonio Costa, Who Chairs The Summit, has been canvassing support for a plan can be Cannot veto Each new step of talkies.

But orban appeared to pour cold water on the project as he gave a fire when asked if ukraine had any prospects of joining the bloc.