COPENHAGEN SET TO HOST EU SUMMIT-EU Leaders to discuss proposals for a “drone wall”
Copenhagen is set to host the EU Summit. Police stood guard and barriers blocked some roads around Christiansborg palace in Copenhagen today(October 1) as the city prepared to host an informal meeting of European Union leaders.
The summit is taking place days after airspace intrusions by unidentified unmanned aircraft forced a temporary closure of Danish airports.
EU leaders are set to discuss proposals for a “drone wall” to protect the continent at the summit.
The meeting will also be the first opportunity for leaders of the EU’s 27 countries to debate a proposal to use Russian assets frozen in Europe to fund a loan of 140 billion euros ($164.37 billion) to Ukraine.
France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Britain, Finland and Ukraine have committed troops and anti-drone systems to help Denmark protect the leaders, many of whom have accused Russia of brazen violations of European airspace with recent incursions by drones over Poland and fighter jets over Estonia
