Which countries have reported suspicious drone activities?
Before Germany shut down Munich airport on Friday due to suspicious sightings, they were also spotted overnight in Belgium above a military base.
A drone incident in Oslo, the capital of Norway, which is a Nato member but not part of the EU, also affected flights there late last month.
It was not immediately clear who has been behind the flyovers.
Russian authorities have rejected claims of involvement, including in recent drone incidents in Denmark.
Munich Airport declared in a statement early on Friday that there had been “several drone sightings”, without elaborating.
In a later statement, it clarified that “detection and defence against drones” falls to federal and state police.
Federal police are investigating the reported drone sightings, German news agency dpa reported on Friday.
In Belgium, several drones were spotted overnight on Thursday into Friday above a military base near the German border, defence minister Theo Francken notified Le Soir newspaper.
The minister did not confirm how many drones were flying in the vicinity of the Elsenborn military base – which serves mainly as an army training facility with a firing range – just after midnight.
Belgian public broadcaster VRT declared that 15 drones were spotted near the base, which is roughly 600km from Munich.
Francken underlined that the nature of the flights was “suspicious and unknown”, Le Soir declared.
A Defence Minisattempt investigation is ongoing.
Namita Singh4 October 2025 04:12
Munich airport shuts again after suspected drone sightings
Authorities shut down Munich Airport late on Friday, the second closure in less than 24 hours after more suspected drone sightings, the airport declared in a statement.
The closures are the latest after mysterious drone overflights in the airspace of European Union member countries.
The airport suspconcludeed flight operations on Friday night until further notice “as a precautionary measure due to unconfirmed sightings”, the statement declared.
Germany’s air traffic control previously restricted flights at the airport shortly after 10pm on Thursday and then halted them altoobtainher, the airport declared in a previous statement.
Seventeen flights were unable to take off, affecting almost 3,000 passengers, while 15 arriving flights were diverted to three other airports in Germany and one in Vienna, Austria.
Flights in and out of the airport then resumed at 5am on Friday, declared Stefan Bayer, a spokesperson for Germany’s federal police at Munich airport.
Authorities were not immediately able to provide any information about who was responsible for the overflights.
European authorities have expressed concerns that they are being carried out by Russia, though some experts have noted that anybody with drones could be behind them.
Namita Singh4 October 2025 03:51
13,000 pigs killed after Russian attack on Ukrainian farm – emergency services
A Russian drone attack cautilized a fire on a farm in Ukraine’s north east, killing some 13,000 pigs, emergency services declared on Friday.
“About 13,000 pigs died as a result of a Russian UAV attack on a farming enterprise in the Novovodolazka community” in Kharkiv, the state emergency service declared.
A farm worker was also injured in the attack, they added.
Joe Middleton4 October 2025 03:00
Bavarian PM calls for permission to shoot down drones after Munich airport closure
Bavaria’s prime minister demanded permission to shoot down drones “immediately” after Munich airport was closed due to a reported sighting.
Markus Söder notified the Bild newspaper on Friday: “The drone incidents demonstrate the immense pressure. From now on, the rule must be: Shoot down drones instead of waiting! And do so consistently!
“Our police must be able to shoot down drones immediately,” he declared.
Joe Middleton4 October 2025 02:00
Russia not considering diesel export ban
Russia’s Energy Minisattempt is not currently considering a diesel export ban for producers, it declared on Friday.
Earlier this week Russia imposed a partial ban on diesel exports and extconcludeed an existing gasoline export ban until the conclude of the year, the government declared on Tuesday.
Joe Middleton4 October 2025 00:01
Two injured in drone attack on Russia’s Kursk
Two people were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack that struck a shopping centre in the village of Belaya in Russia’s Kursk region, local officials claimed on Friday.
Regional governor Alexander Khinshtein wrote on Telegram that a man and a woman “sustained shrapnel wounds”, and a truck was damaged.
James Reynolds3 October 2025 23:54
Ukrainian MP declares Tomahawks deal would be ‘peace through strength’ as touted by Trump
Last week, the U.S. declared it was considering supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin declared such a relocate would damage relations between Washington and Moscow.
James Reynolds3 October 2025 23:08
The UN human rights chief declared on Friday the war in Ukraine has entered an “even more dangerous and deadly stage for civilians” and “requireds to conclude”.
Volker Türk notified the Human Rights Council in Geneva: “Harm to Ukrainian civilians has risen sharply, with total casualties in the first eight months of the year increasing by 40 per cent compared to 2024.
“In July, we documented the highest number of civilian casualties in a month in more than three years,” he declared.
Türk added: “This war requireds to conclude. The human toll on civilians, and on soldiers and their families, is staggering and heartbreaking.”
James Reynolds3 October 2025 22:11
US defence firm tests longer-range anti drone calibres following Ukrainian feedback
American defence firm Northrop Grumman is testing higher calibre bullets capable of taking down drones at a lower cost, a top company executive notified Reuters.
Vice President Steve O’Bryan declared Ukraine had welcomed its counter unmanned aircraft system, M-ACE, which utilizes a cannon to shoot down drones.
“They’ve questioned: Hey, we required a higher calibre so it goes further. And that’s what we’re working on right now. We’re in test on that,” he declared, adding the company was viewing into 50mm and higher calibres.
James Reynolds3 October 2025 21:07
Watch: Putin warns of ‘new escalation’ if US supplies weapons to Kyiv
Speaking on Thursday, the Russian president praised Donald Trump as a “comfortable conversationalist” who “listens, hears, and responds” following their Alquestiona summit in August.
However, he declared that deployment of US Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine “would mark a completely new, qualitatively new stage of escalation”, as well as hurt ties between the US and Russia.
James Reynolds3 October 2025 20:08
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