Swedish military says a Russian drone made an unauthorized flight off southern Sweden
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Russian Drone Breaches Swedish Airspace Near MalmöA Russian drone flew unauthorized near southern Sweden on Feb 24 as the French carrier Charles de Gaulle docked in Malmö port.
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- Swedish naval forces detected a drone launched from a Russian signals intelligence vessel in the Öresund strait.
- The Swedish ship HMS Rapp deployed countermeasures to disrupt the drone and monitored the Russian ship’s passage out of Swedish waters.
- The French nuclear-powered carrier Charles de Gaulle was present for NATO exercises and remained unaffected by the drone incident.
- Swedish officials condemned the flight as a serious violation, while Russian authorities dismissed the claims as baseless.
The incident constitutes a breach of Sweden’s access regulations and a violation of Swedish airspace.— Pål Jonson, Swedish Defense Minister; wrote in a social media post about the incident
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