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The Guardian // World // Europe

Drone dilemma: How Russia’s ‘hybrid war’ is using fear to destabilise Europe

Wednesday 8th October 2025, 3:17PM

As Moscow’s suspected drone incursions threaten chaos, Europe faces a dilemma: respond and risk escalation, or face accusations of weakness• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWhen Munich airport had to close on 2 October after a suspected drone incursion, dozens of flights were cancelled and thousands of passengers left stranded on the eve of a German national holiday and the famous Oktoberfest.A week earlier, Copenhagen and Aalborg airports were closed following sightings of “unmanned aerial systems” in Danish airspace. In the month since a swarm of Russian drones violated Polish airspace – three were shot down – a rash of similar incidents has been reported across Germany, the Baltic and Nordic countries, often over power plants and military bases. Continue reading...

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