The Danish defence ministry said in a statement that drone activity was noticed at Skrydstrup Air Base and the Jutland Dragoon Regiment.

The intent behind these flyovers is to create fear and discord, according to Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard, who stated on Thursday that the nation will explore additional measures to counteract drones, including suggesting legislation permitting infrastructure owners to shoot them down.

For the upcoming European Union summit next week, the Danish Defence Ministry confirmed on X that Denmark’s government had accepted Sweden’s offer to “lend Denmark a military anti-drone capability,” though no further details were provided.

Meanwhile, in neighbouring Germany, drones were reported in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, which shares a border with Denmark, from Thursday into Friday night.

The state’s Interior Minister, Sabine Sütterlin-Waack, indicated that “the state police are currently significantly intensifying their drone defense measures, in coordination with other northern German states,” as reported by German news agency DPA.

She did not provide any further details, citing the ongoing investigations.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz commented on frequent attacks on infrastructure and data systems, stating, “we are not at war, but we are no longer living in peace either.”

He did not allude to a certain country as the actor behind those attacks.

“Drone flights, espionage, the Tiergarten murder, massive threats to individual public figures, not only in Germany but also in many other European countries. Acts of sabotage on a daily basis. Attempts to paralyse data centers. Cyberattacks,” he added during a speech at the Schwarz Ecosystem Summit in Berlin on Friday, dpa reported.

What became known as the “Tiergarten murder” in Germany refers to the case of Vadim Krasikov, who was convicted of the August 23, 2019, killing of Zelimkhan “Tornike” Khangoshvili, a 40-year-old Georgian citizen who had fought Russian troops in Chechnya and later claimed asylum in Germany.

Krasikov was returned to Russia as part of a massive prisoner swap between the US and Russia in 2024.