Baltic Sea nations plan drone defence task force, Germany says

I Paesi del mar Baltico stanno pianificando la creazione di una task force per la difesa dai droni, secondo quanto riferisce la Germania


German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt attends a press conference on the day of the opening of a facility for drone security to explore the protection of critical infrastructure at the airfield of Cochstedt, Germany, August 18, 2026. REUTERS/Karina He (Reuters)

FLENSBURG, Germany, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The countries bordering the Baltic Sea plan to establish a joint task force for drone defence that will allow them to react quickly in the face of the growing threat of hybrid attacks, said German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt on Friday.

Numerous incidents of possible sabotage affecting undersea cables and critical gas pipelines have taken place in the Baltic Sea, bordered by eight NATO countries and Russia, since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in Ukraine in 2022.

The goal is to set up a task force that allows quick information exchange, said Dobrindt ahead of a meeting in the northern German city of Flensburg with his Baltic Sea counterparts.

“Foreign powers attempt daily to attack and undermine democracy, security and economic strength within the EU,” said the interior minister in a statement on the meeting’s objective.

He warned that such attacks could “take on a new dimension in the coming months” and the hybrid threat is “omnipresent.”

Germany has been particularly on alert over drone threats after one carrying explosives was found at Leipzig/Halle Airport - an important military logistics hub - earlier this month.

German officials have not publicly blamed any foreign countries for the incident, though some lawmakers have pointed their finger at Russia, which has dismissed the incident as “fabricated provocation.”

(Reporting by Markus Wacket, writing by Miranda Murray, editing by Thomas Seythal)

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