Brussels: European defence ministers agreed on Friday to develop a “drone wall” along their borders with Russia and Ukraine to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe’s airspace.

The decision comes after a spate of incidents in which Europe’s borders and airports have been tested by rogue drones . Russia has been blamed for some of them, but denies that anything was done on purpose or that it played a role.

A mobile radar installation deployed on the Danish coast following a string of unidentifed drone incursions this week. Credit: AP

On Friday, Ukrainian military intelligence said Russia had deliberately flown drones into the airspace of NATO member Poland this month to test the alliance’s response, stoke fatigue in member states with its war in Ukraine, and s

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