NATO warns Putin about Russian drone incursion: "Allies will defend ourselves."

BrusselsNATO raises its tone against Vladimir Putin. After various incursions by Russian drones in the airspace of various allies, the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Mark Rutte, warned Moscow that they "will not hesitate" and that they "will use all military and non-military tools to defend themselves and deter all threats." This warning comes on the same day that the governments of Denmark and Norway have reported drone incursions in their airspace. However, for the moment the Danish and Norwegian authorities have not directly held the Kremlin responsible, although they do not rule it out and continue to investigate the events.

The leader of NATO, which is controlled by de facto The United States, has been particularly harsh on the Kremlin this Tuesday. Rutte accused Russia of violating its airspace at least in Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Romania; and assured in a press conference that the Atlantic allies will once again defend themselves "resolutely, swiftly, and without hesitation," just as "the allies have done so far" in several countries.

The Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance made these statements after a meeting of the North Atlantic Council, which includes the participation of authorities from all the allies and was held expressly at Estonia's request following the incursion of three Russian fighter jets into its airspace on September 19. Despite Rutte's warnings to Putin, he said that it "did not constitute an escalation" of the conflict because it did not pose an "immediate threat." However, the NATO leader recalled that he also does not rule out shooting down more Russian drones or fighter jets in the event of new potential incursions.

Rutte, however, has avoided responding specifically to the drone incursions into Danish and Norwegian airspace recorded on Monday and Tuesday. For the moment, the Danish and Norwegian authorities explained that they closed the airports of Kastrup (Copenhagen) and Gardermoen (Oslo) for several hours, from the afternoon until dawn, due to the presence of several drones around these areas. Air traffic has already returned to normal, but around 100 flights were canceled.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen did not rule out a Russian attack and said in a statement that "it is certainly part" of the "set of drone attacks, airspace violations and cyberattacks on European airports in recent days." Although he declined to preempt the investigation and declined to hold the Kremlin directly responsible, he called the drone incursion "a serious attack" and asserted that a "capable actor" must be behind it.

Along the same lines, the Norwegian government is also avoiding blaming Moscow for the drone incursions on Monday and Tuesday, but has stated that during 2025 they have recorded three violations of airspace by these Russian devices. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store has said that they do not know if they are "deliberate incursions or due to navigation errors," but has stressed that, "whatever the reason," "they are unacceptable" and it is necessary that "this be made clear to the Russian authorities."

Moscow denies any responsibility.

The Kremlin continues to shift blame and maintains that it had nothing to do with the drone incursions into Norwegian and Danish airspace on Monday and Wednesday. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused the allies of "regularly making unfounded accusations" and that, for this reason, the statements of the Danish and Norwegian leaders "are not taken seriously." "A country that takes a serious position should not repeatedly make unfounded accusations," the Russian government spokesman stressed.