European Union (EU) leaders are set to discuss plans for a “drone wall” to safeguard the continent at a Copenhagen summit on Wednesday, following recent airspace intrusions by unidentified drones that temporarily closed Danish airports.
The summit 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.
Denmark has stopped short of saying