A Russian drone was jammed near the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle while it was docked in the Swedish port of Malmo. The Swedish Armed Forces observed the drone taking off from a Russian signals intelligence ship in the Oresund strait between Denmark and Sweden and neutralized it 13 km from the carrier. Swedish and French officials confirmed the incident as an unauthorized Russian drone flight and described it as a provocation. Russia dismissed the accusations as absurd. The French carrier was visiting Malmo before joining NATO exercises in the Baltic Sea, a region of intense rivalry between Russia and NATO. NATO countries in the east have reported numerous drone sightings recently, some attributed to Russia, amid concerns of hybrid warfare tactics by Moscow against European nations supporting Ukraine.

A Russian drone was jammed near the French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle while it was docked in the Swedish port of Malmo. The Swedish Armed Forces observed the drone taking off from a Russian signals intelligence ship in the Oresund strait between Denmark and Sweden and neutralized it 13 km from the carrier. Swedish and French officials confirmed the incident as an unauthorized Russian drone flight and described it as a provocation. Russia dismissed the accusations as absurd. The French carrier was visiting Malmo before joining NATO exercises in the Baltic Sea, a region of intense rivalry between Russia and NATO. NATO countries in the east have reported numerous drone sightings recently, some attributed to Russia, amid concerns of hybrid warfare tactics by Moscow against European nations supporting Ukraine.