Russian Warship Violates Danish Waters, Prompting Outrage From Copenhagen

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‘Unacceptable’: Russian warship accused of violating Danish waters

Armed forces says Russian ship twice entered Danish waters on Friday, during democracy festival

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A Russian warship has twice violated Danish territorial waters north of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm, where a democracy festival attended by senior lawmakers and business people was taking place. Denmark called the action on Friday an unacceptable provocation.

The Russian warship entered Danish waters without authorisation at 00:30 GMT on Friday and again a few hours later, the armed forces said in a statement. The warship left after the Danish navy established radio contact, it said. “A deeply irresponsible, gross and completely unacceptable Russian provocation in the middle of #fmdk,” Denmark’s foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod, said on Twitter, referring to the Democracy festival of Denmark.

The annual festival is attended by senior government officials, including Kofod and the prime minister, Mette Frederiksen. “Bullying methods do not work against Denmark,” Kofod said, adding that the Russian ambassador had been summoned.

 

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