Europe live with Jakub KrupaRussia Denmark summons Russia’s ambassador after warship fires flares at Danish army helicopter – Europe live Danish PM says action was ‘reckless’ as Moscow-attributed security incidents continue to intensify across Europe LIVE Updated 4m ago Jakub Krupa Tue 15 Sep 2026 09.25 BSTFirst published on Tue 15 Sep 2026 08.58 BST Share Key events 4m ago Lithuania briefs EU, Nato allies about drone incident, minister says 27m ago Suspected sabotage disrupts Dutch trains 30m ago Danish incident further proof of Russia's 'aggressive' behaviour, former Danish defence minister warns 32m ago Morning opening: Russia-attributed security incidents intensify across Europe Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen with members of the armed forces earlier this month on 5 September, 2026 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The incident took place during what Denmark said was “a routine” monitoring of the frigate.

“Reckless action from Russia towards Danish military during a routine overflight yesterday.

Russian actions are meant to intimidate and divide.

They will not succeed.

We will not waver,” prime minister Mette Frederiksen said.

Denmark's prime minister Mette Frederiksen, leader of Denmark's Social Democrats.

” The incident took place amid worsening security situation in Europe.

Separately, Nato fighter jets stationed on the alliance’s eastern flank shot down a drone – believed to be flying from Belarus – over Lithuania last night.

“With Russia intensifying its aggression against Ukraine, such readiness is vital for our region,” Lithuania’s president Gitanas Nausėda said.

Meanwhile, Poland discovered remains of a suspected Russian drone near its Baltic Sea coast, just a day after a Russian drone hit a train on Ukraine’s border with Poland on Sunday.

It’s Tuesday, 15 September 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.

Good morning.

Key events 4m ago Lithuania briefs EU, Nato allies about drone incident, minister says 27m ago Suspected sabotage disrupts Dutch trains 30m ago Danish incident further proof of Russia's 'aggressive' behaviour, former Danish defence minister warns 32m ago Morning opening: Russia-attributed security incidents intensify across Europe Meanwhile, Lithuanian defence minister Kęstutis Budrys said he informed Nato allies about last night’s drone incident, with discussions now ongoing on how to strengthen the alliance’s eastern flank.

Military police and response vehicles stand parked near the site where a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone near Pratkunai village, Lithuania.

The drone was shot down by Italian fighter jets taking part in a Nato mission, Italy’s defence ministry confirmed.

Separately, Dutch authorities are investigating a major outage that affected parts of the country’s railway system, suspecting a possible sabotage after objects were placed on tracks.

Passenger information at Zwolle station.

No trains are running in parts of the country due to a disruption that originated at 13 locations on the tracks in the central Netherlands.

It explained that as a result, “our computer system identifies a section of track as occupied, even though there is no train present.” “Because safety always comes first, signals automatically turn red.

As a result, trains must stop or slow down.

Level crossings can also malfunction,” it said.

It did not comment on who could be behind the incident.

Former Danish defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen warned that the frigate incident was a further proof of Russia’s “extremely aggressive” behaviour seeking to “provoke potential conflicts.” “We should be very aware of that,” he said in comments reported by Danish broadcaster DR.

Defence minister Jeppe Bruus called an all-party meeting on the incident this morning to give political leaders a more detailed read on what happened, DR said.

Denmark has summoned Russia’s ambassador after a Russian warship fired two emergency flares at a Danish army’s helicopter in the Baltic Sea in the latest of incidents attributed to Moscow.

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