Right at this very moment, the skies over the airfield at Copenhagen Airport have been closed to traffic. All flights since 8:26 pm local time were cancelled, and at least eleven flights so far have been diverted thanks to the presence of 'large' drones over the airport and the nearby Øresund Strait.
‼️It is reported that Copenhagen airport has closed all traffic due to drone sightings, according to police reports. pic.twitter.com/rXF6HBZwPl
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 22, 2025
Things seem pretty uptight.
Starting from 20:26 local time, all takeoffs and landings at Copenhagen Airport, the capital of Denmark, were suspended due to reports of drones. At least 11 flights have been diverted so far.
— Saint Javelin (@saintjavelin) September 22, 2025
Is it also “imagined”? pic.twitter.com/PYvvWU5HNk
Police are on the field at the airport itself
Host on TV 2 Vejret Jacob Mouritzen was at Copenhagen Airport when the airspace was closed.
He says he was on his way home when he saw blue flashes from the runways, three police cars and seven to eight officers standing at the end of one of the runways.
- There was a massive deployment of police cars.
According to the local Danish news reports, there's no estimate on reopening the airport yet and, while the facility is largely empty, there are still some stranded people forlornly waiting around.
#BREAKING: Heavy police presence at Denmark’s Copenhagen airport as it’s shut down after ‘drone sightings’ pic.twitter.com/azw5pCUCRI
— Rapid Report (@RapidReport2025) September 22, 2025
There were also three Russian MiGs that violated Estonian airspace without transponders for twelve minutes on Friday.
Putin is push push pushing.
Three Russian jets violated Estonia’s airspace on Friday, according to the country's foreign minister.
The MiG-31 jets flew together, two NATO sources independently told Fox News Digital. The jets flew back and forth for over 12 minutes before Italian F-35s "pushed them out," according to the sources.
A NATO defense source initially said the jets were carrying high-speed, air-launched ballistic missiles called Kinzhals, but later clarified they were only capable of doing so. It is unclear if the jets were armed with Kinzhals.
‼️‼️🇬🇧 BREAKING - "If we have to confront aircraft flying in NATO airspace without permission, we will do so," – UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper.
— Visioner (@visionergeo) September 22, 2025
"I say to Putin: your reckless actions risk a direct armed confrontation between NATO and Russia. Ours is a defensive alliance,… pic.twitter.com/FGP6Nl5XoE
Ever since the Russian drone incursion over Poland on the evening of the 9th of this month, tensions have been running high. As well, the 'don't you even think about it' rhetoric directed at Vladimir Putin increased with everyone in the region aware that the Russian leader had his Zapad joint exercises with Belarus scheduled shortly afterward.
That annual combined display of Russian military heft also had NATO allies worried, as it could easily prove to be a precursor to another Putin movement westward. Military exercises were how Putin got at least half of his gear to the border for the Ukrainian invasion to begin with. When they were over, yes, he pulled the troops home, but they left every stitch of equipment in place.
When Russia invaded for real, half of what he needed was already staged where he needed it. Europe has seen this drill before.
...The military drills, part of the major Zapad-2025 military exercises and staged at the Borisov training ground in Belarus, were billed as a defensive response to a notional western invasion – in effect Nato. Zapa, which is the Russian word for “west”, refers to military drills focused on the western theatre.
Yet the display of firepower, witnessed during a rare western media visit to the authoritarian state, has stirred unease in European capitals amid mounting regional tensions and fears that Moscow is probing Nato’s defences after Russian drones entered Poland and Romania last week.
...He added that the drills, due to end on Tuesday, had been scaled down to highlight their defensive nature and were held further from Nato’s borders than originally planned, in what he described as an effort to reduce tensions in eastern Europe.
Even so, western capitals will be watching closely, mindful that Zapad-2021 gave Vladimir Putin cover to move large formations of troops and equipment westward – many of which, months later, took part in the invasion of Ukraine, including from Belarusian territory.
The exercises also underscored a growing rift between Europe and Washington in their approaches to the Kremlin.
Until the drone origins and operators are identified, the always immediate fear is that they are of Russian origin and, if they are, once again probing and pushing to see what the European response will be.
There are also reports now that drones have flown over military sites near Oslo.
BREAKING:
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 22, 2025
Massive police operations underway as large drones appear in the skies over Copenhagen and Oslo.
At least 3-4 very large drones have shut down northern Europe’s largest airport Kastrup (Copenhagen). Drones also spotted over military facilities in Oslo pic.twitter.com/9F8kjFdtTE
As of two hours after the airfield closure, the flight disruptions have been significant for Europe's 'busiest airport,' and there is still no word on when the all clear will sound.
Flightradar: ‘As of 22:05 local time (20:05 UTC), more than 35 flights bound for Copenhagen Airport have been diverted to other airports due to the drone situation. Malmö, Billund, Aarhus and Gothenburg have received the most flights.’
— CGTN Europe (@CGTNEurope) September 22, 2025
Local Norwegian media is saying they've arrested two men in their 50s from Singapore for the Oslo drone incursion.
'Tourists.'
Suspected drone-pilots in Oslo are two late 50's men from Singapore.https://t.co/Fc6iOLO2sB
— auonsson (@auonsson) September 22, 2025
Okay.
I think we'd call them something else.
Copenhagen remains closed until further notice.
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