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Baltic Sea nations plan drone defence task force, Germany says

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German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced that Baltic Sea nations plan to establish a joint task force for drone defence. The task force aims to facilitate quick information exchange in response to growing threats of hybrid attacks on undersea cables and critical gas pipelines, with numerous incidents reported since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Germany has been particularly concerned about drone threats after an explosive-laden drone was found at Leipzig/Halle Airport earlier this month. The task force is expected to be established through a meeting between Dobrindt and his Baltic Sea counterparts in Flensburg, Germany.
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German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announced that eight countries bordering the Baltic Sea, including NATO member states and Russia, are planning to establish a joint task force for drone defense. The goal of the task force is to allow quick information exchange and coordination in response to the growing threat of hybrid attacks, such as sabotage on undersea cables and critical gas pipelines. These incidents have increased since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with several occurring in the Baltic Sea region. Dobrindt warned that foreign powers attempt daily to attack and undermine democracy, security, and economic strength within the EU, and that hybrid threats are "omnipresent" and could take on a new dimension in the coming months. The task force is seen as a response to these growing concerns.

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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.
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🔮 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.
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Baltic Sea nations plan drone defence task force, Germany says asserted
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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. asserted
Dobrindt → border → 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. asserted
Moscow → affect → 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. asserted
Dobrindt → set → 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. asserted
minister → attempt → 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." uncertain
which → warn → provocation
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