In addition to Sweden, the Russian aircraft also violated the airspace of Denmark – SME

The Danish government has summoned the Russian ambassador. COPENHAGEN. The Danish government announced on Sunday that it had summoned Russian ambassador Vladimir Barbin on Monday after a Russian reconnaissance plane briefly disrupted Danish airspace on Friday. “Russia’s ambassador (Vladimir Barbin) was summoned to the Foreign Ministry tomorrow,” Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on Twitter. He added that the incident was “absolutely unacceptable and extremely worrying in the current situation.” He responded to Russia’s ongoing military offensive in Ukraine and growing tensions between Moscow and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), of which Denmark is a member. Related article Related article in the evening east of the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and subsequently flew through the airspace of Sweden, the government said in Copenhagen. The AFP approached Henrik Mortensen, an adviser to the Danish military headquarters, and two F-16 fighters immediately responded to the breach of the airspace there. Mortensen added that such incidents are rare. NATO Subscribe to topic Subscribe New: Receive notifications of new articles in the monitored topic by e-mail. Try the new feature and turn on the subscription.