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Today in Focus

Russia’s high-risk game in Nato skies

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Over the past two weeks, Russian drones and jets have entered the airspace of several European countries. Dan Sabbagh discusses the escalation along the Nato-Russia border. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

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0:09.0

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1:05.9

It was just past midnight in the early hours of Tuesday morning when the drones were spotted over Copenhagen Airport. Authority said the pilot was skilled and appeared to be showing off those capabilities

1:12.1

at the region's largest airport. For four hours, all flights were suspended. It was, said the Dane's,

1:20.4

the most serious attack yet on its critical infrastructure. At the time we're recording this,

1:26.0

no one knows definitively who was responsible.

1:29.3

But one man, who knows a lot about drones, was certain that he knew the answer.

1:35.0

It was Russia, said Vladimir Zelensky.

1:38.6

In the last two weeks alone, Russian drones have been spotted above Poland and Romania.

1:44.1

Poland's Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, has confirmed that Russian drones were shot down in Polish airspace overnight.

1:51.0

He said it was the first time this had happened.

1:53.0

And on Friday, three Russian fighter jets flew into the Estonian airspace above the Gulf of Finland.

1:59.0

Because Estonia's government says three Russian military jets entered NATO airspace

2:04.6

without permission on Friday morning.

2:07.6

You won't be surprised to hear that Russia denies that it's up to anything nefarious.

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