Denmark says Russian frigate fired flares at helicopter

South China Morning Post · collected 2026-09-15 · by Agence France-Presse
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Summary

Russian authorities allegedly fired flares near a Danish military helicopter conducting a routine photographic mission over international waters off Gedser, Denmark's southernmost town. According to Danish Armed Forces, the Russian frigate discharged two flares, with one passing close to the helicopter. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen criticized Russia for this "reckless action."
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Topics

Danish Denmark Fennec Russia Russian

Subjects

Denmark GPE · 4× Russian NORP · 4× Danish NORP · 3× Russia GPE · 2× Gedser GPE · 1× Mette Frederiksen PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Denmark says Russian frigate fired flares at helicopter The helicopter was on a ‘routine photographic operation of a Russian frigate’ in the waters off Denmark’s southernmost town Denmark and Russia were at a war of words on Tuesday after Danish authorities accused a Russian frigate of firing flares at a Danish military helicopter.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-16
2026-09-16 · South China Morning Post
Denmark says Russian frigate fired flares at helicopter · assertive framing

Claims (5 extracted, 0 hedged)

Denmark says Russian frigate fired flares at helicopter The helicopter was on a ‘routine photographic operation of a Russian frigate’ in the waters off Denmark’s southernmost town Denmark and Russia were at a war of words on Tuesday after Danish authorities accused a Russian frigate of firing flares at a Danish military helicopter. asserted
authorities → say → helicopter
The armed forces said in a statement late on Monday that “one of the air force’s Fennec helicopters was today fired at with flares during a routine photographic operation of a Russian frigate, which was located in international waters off Gedser”, Denmark’s southernmost town. asserted
which → say → Gedser
The frigate had fired “two flares towards the helicopter. asserted
frigate → fire → helicopter
One of the flares passed at close range to the helicopter”, it added. asserted
it → pass → helicopter
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday slammed the incident as “reckless action from Russia”. asserted
Frederiksen → slam → Russia
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