Counter Extremism Project (CEP) Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed regarding Russian drones disrupting air travel in Denmark. 

CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler interviewed for segment: Drones were again circling Danish airports yesterday evening and overnight. Who sent them is still unclear. But Copenhagen is certain that hybrid warfare is behind it. NATO is taking the situation very seriously, according to its Secretary General Rutte. And while Germany wants to invest more in drone defense, the Defense Minister sees Russia behind the attack.

Two days after the  drone sightings in Copenhagen and Oslo, Denmark reported further drone sightings at several airports in the country. The Danish government and German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt are calling it a  "hybrid attack ." Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen stated that it appears to be the work of a professional actor. The drones appeared simultaneously in several locations and  disrupted air traffic in Aalborg and, previously, in Copenhagen. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had previously described the attacks as  "the most serious attack on Danish critical infrastructure to date." Hans-Jakob Schindler is a security expert at the Counter Extremism Project. In this podcast, he explains who might be behind it and why Denmark, of all places, was targeted.

Hans-Jakob Schindler, head of the Counter Extremism Project, agreed, saying this is "entirely possible", as many ships from the so-called "shadow fleet" regularly traverse the Baltic Sea.

If this is the case, Schindler pointed out, it raises questions about how the ships are monitored and whether authorities have the capacity to keep track of them, given the size of the Baltic and the sheer number of vessels.