The Danish government concluded that the drones flown over its airports in recent days are the work of a “professional actor”, but said there was no evidence of Russian involvement, after such activity disrupted its airspace twice in the space of a week.
Aalborg airport was forced to shut down for several hours last week after green lights were spotted overhead, and Billund airport was also briefly forced to closed. Three smaller Danish airports also reported drone activity.
In his interview with POLITICO, Healey also attacked Labour’s rivals on the right, saying: “I don’t think Nigel Farage or his party could be trusted with national security.”
Healey said that the government was “standing up to Putin. You’ve got Farage and his party looking up to him,” he added. “There’s something deeply suspect about Nigel Farage, isn’t there?”
The defense secretary, seen as a solid presence in Keir Starmer’s turbulent government, insisted in the interview that the U.K. was confident in the U.S. as an ally.
Starmer trusts the commitment Donald Trump gave him when they met in the White House “that the U.S. remains totally committed to NATO,” Healey said.