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Russian frigate fires flares at Danish military helicopter

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The Danish military said a Russian frigate fired two flares without warning toward a Danish military helicopter in international waters, with one passing within metres of the aircraft.

Occurrence
Publication
First observed
Review status
Reviewed
Countries
Denmark
Updated

Attribution

Not specified

Facts

Established

  • A Russian naval frigate fired two flares toward a Danish military helicopter.
  • Danish Defence: assessment of Russian state responsibility.
  • Danish Defence: assessment of a Russian operational actor link.
  • Danish Defence: assessment of deliberate or malicious character.
  • Danish Defence: assessment of whether the observable event occurred.
  • Reuters: assessment of Russian state responsibility.
  • Reuters: assessment of a Russian operational actor link.
  • Reuters: assessment of deliberate or malicious character.
  • Reuters: assessment of whether the observable event occurred.
  • The flares were fired from a Russian frigate.
  • The frigate was an operational Russian state vessel.

Alleged

  • Russia alleged that the Danish helicopter had carried out dangerous manoeuvres.

Unknown

  • Russia disputed the Danish account of responsibility for the dangerous manoeuvre.

Sources

  1. Role
    Primary evidence
    Publication

    Forsvaret oplyser, at en russisk fregat affyrede to flares mod en dansk helikopter ud for Gedser.

  2. Role
    Corroborating evidence
    Publication

    Reuters reported the Danish military account and the Russian ambassador’s acknowledgement that Moscow would investigate the incident.