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[00:00:00] go just north of you, so we won't get any of that, but more is waiting in the
[00:00:03] afternoon hours, it will move across the country, and especially when we get all the way into
[00:00:07] Tuesday evening, then there will actually start to appear showers that can give a lot of water,
[00:00:11] maybe 10-15 mm, those are the ones you see on the map here,
[00:00:25] good morning, so we are starting a news update from
[00:00:28] TV-Avisen, where this morning we
[00:00:30] especially focus on a Russian frigate firing at one of
[00:00:34] the air force's helicopters with so-called flares.
[00:00:37] Flares are pyrotechnics that are normally used as an
[00:00:40] attention signal at sea, but according to the defense,
[00:00:43] it was fired at one of their Fenik helicopters, and
[00:00:47] the incident happened yesterday in international waters in
[00:00:50] the Baltic Sea off Gesser. This is stated by
[00:00:53] the defense.
[00:00:57] These are archive recordings of one of the defense's Fenik helicopters on an
[00:01:00] exercise. The two flares were fired while
[00:01:03] the helicopter was routinely
[00:01:06] fired while the helicopter was taking pictures of the Russian frigate in international waters off
[00:01:10] Gesser. According to the defense, one flare passed close to
[00:01:14] the helicopter. And Defense Minister Jeppe Bro views
[00:01:17] the incident with great seriousness. He tells us this in an interview this
[00:01:21] morning. Well, we take it very seriously. I mean, it's serious when a
[00:01:25] Danish military helicopter is fired at in
[00:01:28] international waters that monitors a Russian
[00:01:31] frigate, and what is the degree of seriousness, is this a
[00:01:34] hybrid attack? No, you can call it a hybrid attack, I mean, flares, that is, pyrotechnics
[00:01:38] are fired at the helicopter, and that is of course
[00:01:42] serious, and first and foremost, it is important that nothing happened to the pilots and
[00:01:46] personnel on board, uh, and secondly, nothing happened to
[00:01:48] the helicopter, but of course it is serious, because they
[00:01:51] perform a task that we do all the time, namely keeping an eye on what is happening
[00:01:55] around Denmark, and and we will continue to do that,
[00:01:59] try. writes: what does such a helicopter do? Could it have provoked?
[00:02:03] Well, the helicopter takes pictures for example and and looks at what is happening with a
[00:02:07] warship that is close to Denmark. There is nothing unusual about that, that is the task
[00:02:11] the defense has, and that is the task the defense performs, and it will continue to perform
[00:02:14] it in the future. Uh, then I will not speculate on what, what caused
[00:02:18] the reaction from the Russian side, other than that it is at least a
[00:02:21] pattern that is new compared to what we have seen before, it is probably also an expression
[00:02:25] that the Russian willingness to take risks is increasing. Yes, what does that say about our
[00:02:29] relationship with Russia? Yes, I say it, it confirms to us that
[00:02:32] the Russians are active in relation to the West, and that they also push the boundaries in
[00:02:36] relation to the actions they take. Is this the
[00:02:40] worst attack that has been from Russia against Denmark?
[00:02:43] Well, I won't go in and categorize it, uh, we
[00:02:46] take it seriously, and that is also why we summon the Russian ambassador for
[00:02:50] a conversation. So there will be a conversation, what other consequences should
[00:02:53] this have? Well, it is clear that we, uh, would
[00:02:57] like to send a very clear signal to the Russians that 'we take this
[00:03:01] is actually very seriously, uh, at best, then it is also an expression of
[00:03:04] very poor unprofessional seamanship, because there are many ways to contact that helicopter
[00:03:08] if you wanted to, and uh, and
[00:03:11] then of course also that we will continue our work, that goes without saying, but is that
[00:03:15] enough to tell them we take this seriously, no, but we are not
[00:03:19] alone, I mean, we are, we are always closely coordinated, both with our
[00:03:23] neighboring countries and our allies, and we also see a
[00:03:26] pattern across Europe, where the Russians are pushing the boundaries,
[00:03:29] because'. they do, and it is
[00:03:32] boundaries of the activities they clear that we are following that very closely . What will you do then in
[00:03:34] NATO? Well, I will do nothing but what I am now
[00:03:40] what we must also do is telling you about doing, namely summoning the ambassador, making sure that we are closely coordinated, making sure that we
[00:03:44] continue the activities we do, and keeping an eye on the Russian activity that
[00:03:47] exists. But it is clear that we view it seriously when the Russians push
[00:03:51] the boundaries as they do here. And there are probably some who think it is
[00:03:55] strange that a Russian warship can just so completely legally be
[00:03:59] so close to Danish waters, is that just something we have to
[00:04:02] accept? Well, it is international waters, and that means they have,
[00:04:05] but very close to Denmark, but very close to Denmark, but still international waters, so they
[00:04:09] have a legitimate reason to be there, we have a legitimate uh reason to be
[00:04:13] there, and keep an eye on what they are doing, uh, and that, that has
[00:04:16] there, and keep an eye on what they happened many times before, what is new here is the reaction we see from
[00:04:19] the Russian side. When you heard that, what did you think then? Well, I first and
[00:04:23] foremost thought of the pilots and the personnel, I would like to say,
[00:04:26] uh, because that is after all the most important thing, that nothing happened to them.
[00:04:30] Uh, and then from there, how do we then deal with this
[00:04:33] incident. Yes, how dangerous has this really been? Well, potentially it is
[00:04:37] dangerous, because it can go very wrong if the helicopter is hit
[00:04:41] or if these flares fly into the helicopter, where, where, where there are
[00:04:45] people. And what will be the next step for
[00:04:48] you right now, you, you will have a lot of conversations, I understand, what, what is
[00:04:52] the next thing right now and here? Yes, but I will not roll out the action plan
[00:04:56] here, other than saying that we of course take this seriously, and uh, that we
[00:04:59] also will continue the work we
[00:05:02] to this situation, is have, and the work that the defense has to monitor Russian activity. Can you say anything about whether this
[00:05:06] Russian frigate has tried to communicate with you before
[00:05:10] this? To my knowledge, they have not.
[00:05:13] So this, this comes out of the blue and something that you have not been
[00:05:17] warned about? Yes, to my knowledge, there has not been a prior
[00:05:20] communication, and that is also why this, this is also deeply
[00:05:24] unprofessional, because there would have been many channels and opportunities to do
[00:05:27] that. Uh, and you also say this thing about it seeming
[00:05:31] to push the boundaries of Russian risk-taking.
[00:05:33] risikovillighed.
[00:05:37] What does that say to you? Well, it, it, it confirms the
[00:05:40] picture we see unfortunately, uh, across Europe, where we can see
[00:05:44] more Russian activity, also that the boundaries are being
[00:05:47] shifted for the actions that come from the Russian side, and we must of course take
[00:05:51] this very seriously, and we do, we do both here at home, my task as
[00:05:55] defense minister is to ensure that I can protect the kingdom and our
[00:05:58] territory, and of course very close cooperation with our allies,
[00:06:02] but what is the balance for you right now not to escalate
[00:06:05] anything, uh, but also to do more than just having
[00:06:09] some kind of conversation with a Russian ambassador and? But, but it's not
[00:06:13] just some kind of conversation, I mean, we take this very seriously, but we will also
[00:06:16] continue the activities, I would like to say, that the defense has in relation to monitoring
[00:06:20] the activity from the Russian side. Will these
[00:06:23] activities be intensified even more? Yes, we will at least continue it, it is relatively intensive
[00:06:27] already. Can you make us a little wiser on what that means, what do you do?
[00:06:31] Well, it is for example what happened yesterday, where there is a Russian frigate in international
[00:06:34] waters, but close to Danish waters, and then we simply have a
[00:06:38] military helicopter flying around taking pictures and monitoring the activity that
[00:06:41] is there. Uh, and we will continue to perform that task in the future as well.
[00:06:44] Where is the line for when Denmark will
[00:06:47] react harshly? Now there has been shooting at
[00:06:51] or, what should I say, at least pyrotechnics against a Danish helicopter? Well,
[00:06:55] I can't put that into a formula. We, we will of course react to
[00:06:59] this incident. We are in close contact also with our allies.
[00:07:03] And one last thing here regarding NATO, what
[00:07:06] will be the next step there, can you make us wiser on that? Well, not
[00:07:09] beyond what I have already said here, I mean that we. I will have a conversation with the
[00:07:13] Russian ambassador, we are continuously in contact with our
[00:07:17] allies and broadly look at all the incidents in
[00:07:19] Europe. And we have asked the Russian embassy in
[00:07:23] Denmark for a comment from Ambassador Vladimir
[00:07:26] Barbin, but we have not yet succeeded. We have also reached out to
[00:07:29] the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister's Office to get a comment from the Prime Minister and
[00:07:33] out. The US Supreme Court rejects
[00:07:37] Trump's attempt to tighten rules for mail-in ballots. Trump
[00:07:41] signed a decree in the spring that, among other things, required
[00:07:44] ballots to only be sent to voters who were on special
[00:07:48] lists of mail-in voters in the individual states.
[00:07:51] At the same time, the president wanted the envelopes to be equipped with tracking,
[00:07:55] but this has now been rejected by the Supreme Court. The case is of great
[00:07:58] importance for the midterm elections in November, as almost a third
[00:08:01] of American voters vote by mail. This is reported by
[00:08:05] AP.
[00:08:07] A NATO fighter jet has shot down a drone in Lithuania's
[00:08:10] airspace. The country's president confirms this on X. It is still
[00:08:14] unclear where the drone comes from, but the president writes a quote "in
[00:08:18] light of Russia's escalating aggression against Ukraine, such
[00:08:21] readiness is of crucial importance for our
[00:08:24] region."
[00:08:30] Yes, the horror comedy Widows Bay wins best
[00:08:33] comedy series, and a total of 13 other awards at this year's Emmy, which was
[00:08:36] held last night. This is a record number, and therefore
[00:08:40] Widows Bay is now the most awarded. media series
[00:08:43] at a single
[00:08:44] Emmy show.
[00:08:48] Two out of three children and young people between 9 and 17 years old have within the last
[00:08:52] year been subjected to digital violations or other
[00:08:55] unpleasant experiences online here at home. This is shown by a new
[00:08:59] survey from Save the Children and Trygfonden, which maps
[00:09:02] the extent of 12 different forms of digital
[00:09:05] violations. Most of the time it's on Snapchat, where there are
[00:09:09] random people adding me, and sometimes I say yes to it to see if it's someone I
[00:09:13] know, and then it just ends up with them sending nude pictures and everything, there are also just a lot of people who
[00:09:17] have contacted me, and then there are also just videos of dead animals and
[00:09:20] car accidents and stuff. I was contacted by some of my
[00:09:23] friends' friends, um, and then they started writing a lot of
[00:09:27] unpleasant things and stuff, I didn't
[00:09:31] know them, so I didn't quite know what to do. The
[00:09:34] digital violations and unpleasant online experiences range from
[00:09:38] serious legal violations such as grooming attempts from adult strangers
[00:09:41] to harsh. comments and harassment from peers.
[00:09:45] Save the Children has previously conducted similar surveys, and here
[00:09:48] the number has risen massively, from 42% back in
[00:09:51] 2021, to now 66% this
[00:09:55] year. These experiences can have serious
[00:09:57] consequences. It changes children's and young people's ideas
[00:10:01] about what they themselves are worth, what others are worth. It can challenge their
[00:10:04] ideas about what boundaries they have, and because some of what the
[00:10:07] survey shows is that children to an increasing extent consider some
[00:10:11] of this as a condition of being online, we are actually also
[00:10:15] concerned about the gradual shift in their boundaries
[00:10:18] that is associated with it. So welcome to
[00:10:21] good morning, Secretary General of Save the Children, Johannes Bent Nielsen, it is
[00:10:25] you who are behind this analysis, and you are often out shouting a warning,
[00:10:29] but on the seriousness scale, how serious is this
[00:10:32] then? I think it's very, very serious that
[00:10:36] it's actually the majority of children and young people in Denmark
[00:10:40] between nine and 17 years old, who within the last year have had a very
[00:10:43] unpleasant experience online, and that is everything from
[00:10:47] adults reaching out and giving them something, for example sending
[00:10:50] intimate pictures, some people trying to blackmail them, some people talking
[00:10:54] really badly to them or they for example seeing uh a video of someone being
[00:10:58] killed or of animals being abused. I actually think
[00:11:01] that most adults, even though we know that it's
[00:11:05] hardcore what's happening in children's and teenagers'
[00:11:09] feeds, even though we know it, I still think we would be surprised,
[00:11:12] would be surprised if we knew how wild it actually gets,
[00:11:16] uh, and that absolutely calls for action from us
[00:11:20] adults, and us adults and that action, where should
[00:11:24] it come from? Is it politicians, is it
[00:11:27] providers, who is it? Well, there is absolutely
[00:11:31] nothing to suggest that tech giants themselves will
[00:11:34] take on this responsibility. On the contrary, they make money by having an
[00:11:37] behavioral design that steals children's and young people's time and attention,
[00:11:41] and also some content that is uh deeply
[00:11:44] unpleasant. Uh, they have had every opportunity to take responsibility, they have not
[00:11:48] done so, and therefore we of course need political
[00:11:51] regulation, uh, now there is a uh. law
[00:11:55] that you must be 15 years old to be on social media, that is a
[00:11:59] good first step, there is also a lot else that needs to be done,
[00:12:03] for example a ban on retention mechanisms, we also
[00:12:06] need a ban on harvesting data on children and
[00:12:10] young people under 18 years old, it is such that childhood today is
[00:12:14] extremely commercialized, because a lot of their time
[00:12:17] is actually spent being exposed to
[00:12:20] advertising, and then as parents we can of course
[00:12:23] also do more. than we do, some of what we at
[00:12:26] Save the Children know is effective, is if in the classes you make
[00:12:30] common agreements that here in this class, we adhere to the
[00:12:33] age limits on the different digital platforms and
[00:12:36] postpone the first smartphone until the child is 13 years old,
[00:12:40] which is both Save the Children's and the authorities' recommendation, so what I also
[00:12:44] heard and am saying is that what the government has agreed with Venstre and the
[00:12:47] Conservative People's Party, they have agreed that a national age limit of
[00:12:51] 15 years should be introduced if you want to access social media, and that is expected to come into effect
[00:12:55] next summer, but in your opinion, that is not good
[00:12:59] enough, but it is also limited what politicians
[00:13:02] here at home can do. Yes, it is a
[00:13:05] very good first step, and some of what is important with this
[00:13:09] national legislation on an age limit of 15 years, is that with it
[00:13:13] in hand you can go to the EU, that is, use it as leverage, and
[00:13:16] and then work to get a real age verification on
[00:13:20] the platforms, and that is crucial in relation to ensuring that
[00:13:23] the content. on the platforms
[00:13:26] age-appropriate, I mean, you just have to say, it is very
[00:13:29] serious that it is the majority of children and young people
[00:13:32] who are actually exposed to deeply unpleasant things that would also
[00:13:36] affect adults, and we know that children are affected, I mean
[00:13:40] when they answer how it affects them, they say they have trouble
[00:13:43] sleeping, they get stomach aches, um, it is clear that those
[00:13:47] children who are exposed to illegal acts, such as grooming, such as
[00:13:50] blackmail, they are extremely affected, uh, and there is actually
[00:13:54] a child in every class who has been subjected to such a
[00:13:57] really gross and illegal uh
[00:14:00] violation online, and that simply means we must act, and
[00:14:05] to, what can you say, ensure that children are no longer alone at home on
[00:14:09] the internet, uh, and we do that both through legislation, we do that by
[00:14:13] we parents take on a greater responsibility, but we also do that by equipping our
[00:14:16] teachers very well to help children and young people with technology literacy and
[00:14:20] ensuring that it becomes a mandatory subject in school, so the words from
[00:14:24] Johannes Smith Nielsen, thank you for being
[00:14:27] with us. And it has not been possible for us to get Snapchat
[00:14:31] or Roblox to answer our questions, while TikTok
[00:14:34] has not been able to give an interview. Meta
[00:14:37] refers to Instagram's new team profiles, which set limits
[00:14:41] on who can contact them, and what content they can
[00:14:44] access. Minister for Digitisation Christina Elund
[00:14:47] writes to us that the survey confirms that tech giants
[00:14:50] are not taking their responsibility seriously. Therefore, I am also glad that
[00:14:53] we are now introducing an age limit for social media, so we can
[00:14:57] shield children from the completely horrific content that exists
[00:15:01] on many of the platforms. This alone does not solve the problem, but it is an
[00:15:04] important step forward. And
[00:15:07] good morning, so we need to look at the weather? Yes,
[00:15:10] good morning, and it is a really autumn day, at least for most
[00:15:13] people, but also a mild one.
[00:15:16] If we look at it, well, it is very grey out there for most
[00:15:20] people. It is only in Bornholm that you can still see a
[00:15:24] little bit of the sun this morning, and then I have added some
[00:15:27] fog symbols here, that is simply because in the late morning hours, early in the forenoon,
[00:15:31] there can be some haze and fog in the central part of
[00:15:35] Jutland, it can lie in a belt like this here, so you should be aware of that if
[00:15:38] you are going out the door, there can be some
[00:15:41] showers during the forenoon, but otherwise it will remain
[00:15:45] dry for most of the day, and then there will be a
[00:15:49] rain front coming in from the west during the late afternoon and
[00:15:52] evening hours, it will travel
[00:15:55] all the way across the country during the evening and night, and
[00:15:59] can locally give a lot of rain, on the other hand it will be a mild day with temperatures
[00:16:02] between 18 and 20
[00:16:06] degrees.
[00:16:10] A Russian frigate has fired at one of the air force's helicopters with
[00:16:14] Most are pyrotechnics that are
[00:16:17] normally used as an attention signal at
[00:16:20] sea. But according to the defense, it was fired at one of their Fenik
[00:16:23] helicopters. And the incident happened yesterday in international
[00:16:27] waters in the Baltic Sea, and it was off Gesser. This is stated by
[00:16:30] the defense in a
[00:16:31] press release.
[00:16:37] And this. that is archive footage of one of the defense's Fenik helicopters on an
[00:16:40] exercise. The two flares were
[00:16:44] routinely photographing the
[00:16:47] Russian frigate in international waters off
[00:16:50] Gesser. According to the defense, one flare passed close to
[00:16:54] the helicopter. And Defense Minister Jeppe Bro views
[00:16:57] the incident with great seriousness. He tells us this in an interview this
[00:17:00] morning. Well, we take it very seriously. I mean, it's serious when a
[00:17:04] Danish military helicopter is fired at, uh, in
[00:17:07] international waters, which monitors a Russian
[00:17:10] frigate. And what is the degree of seriousness, is this a
[00:17:14] hybrid attack? No, I don't know if you can call it a hybrid attack, I mean, flares, that is, pyrotechnics
[00:17:18] are fired at the helicopter, and that is of course
[00:17:21] serious, and first and foremost, it is important that nothing happened to the pilots and
[00:17:25] personnel on board, and secondly, nothing happened to
[00:17:28] the helicopter, but of course it is serious, because they
[00:17:31] perform a task that we do all the time, namely keeping an eye on what is happening
[00:17:35] around Denmark, and... We will continue to do that.
[00:17:39] Please describe what such a helicopter does? Could it have provoked? Well,
[00:17:43] the helicopter takes pictures for example, and and looks at what is happening with a
[00:17:47] warship that is close to Denmark. There is nothing unusual about that, that is the task
[00:17:50] the defense has, and that is the task the defense performs, and it will continue to perform
[00:17:54] it in the future. Uh, then I will not speculate on what, what caused
[00:17:57] the reaction from the Russian side, other than that it is at least a
[00:18:01] pattern that is new compared to what we have seen before, it is probably also an expression
[00:18:04] that the Russian willingness to take risks is increasing. Yes, what does that say about our
[00:18:08] relationship with Russia? Yes, it says it, it confirms that it is that
[00:18:12] the Russians are active in relation to the West, and that they also push the boundaries
[00:18:16] in relation to the actions they take. Is this the
[00:18:19] worst attack that has been from Russia against Denmark?
[00:18:23] Well, I won't go in and categorize it. We
[00:18:26] take it seriously, and that is also why we summon the Russian ambassador for
[00:18:29] a conversation. So there will be a conversation, what other consequences should
[00:18:33] this have? Well, it is clear that we, uh, would
[00:18:37] like. a very clear signal to the Russians that we take this very
[00:18:40] seriously, at best, it is also an expression of very
[00:18:44] poor unprofessional seamanship, because there are many ways to contact that helicopter
[00:18:48] if you wanted to, and uh and
[00:18:51] then of course also that we will continue our work, that goes without saying, but is that
[00:18:55] enough to tell them we take this seriously, no, but we are not
[00:18:59] alone, I mean, we are, we are always closely coordinated, both with our
[00:19:03] neighboring countries and our allies, and we also see a pattern across
[00:19:06] Europe. where the Russians are pushing the
[00:19:10] do, and it is clear that we are following that very closely. What will you do then
[00:19:13] in NATO? Well, I
[00:19:16] will do nothing but what I am now telling you about doing, namely summoning
[00:19:20] the ambassador, making sure that we are closely coordinated, making sure that we
[00:19:23] continue the activities we do and keep an eye on the Russian activity that
[00:19:27] is there, but it is clear that we view it seriously when the Russians push
[00:19:31] the boundaries, as they do here, and there are probably some who think it is
[00:19:35] strange that a Russian warship can just so completely legally be
[00:19:38] so close to Danish waters, is that just something we have to
[00:19:42] accept? Well, it is international waters, and that means they have,
[00:19:45] but very close to Denmark, but very close to Denmark, but still international waters, so they have
[00:19:49] a legitimate reason to be there, we have a legitimate uh reason to be
[00:19:54] are doing, uh, and that, that has happened many times before, what is new
[00:19:57] here is the reaction we see from the Russian side, when you heard that, what
[00:20:01] did you think then, well, I first and foremost thought of the pilots and
[00:20:04] the personnel, I would like to say, uh, because that is. also all the
[00:20:07] most important thing, that nothing has happened to them, uh, and then
[00:20:11] from there, how do we then deal with this incident. Yes, how dangerous
[00:20:15] has this really been? Well, potentially it is dangerous, because it can go very
[00:20:18] wrong if the helicopter is hit or if these flares fly into
[00:20:22] the helicopter, where, where, where there are
[00:20:24] people. And what will be the next step for
[00:20:28] you right now, you, you will have a lot of conversations, I understand, what, what is
[00:20:31] the next thing right now and here? Well, I will not roll out
[00:20:35] the action plan here, other than saying we of course take it. seriously, and uh,
[00:20:39] that we will also continue the work we have, and the work that the defense
[00:20:42] has to monitor Russian activity.
[00:20:46] And welcome, Mads Kors here, our defense correspondent.
[00:20:50] Mads, a Russian frigate has fired flares at a Danish
[00:20:54] helicopter. First and foremost, what are flares? What
[00:20:58] should we imagine has
[00:20:59] happened?
[00:21:02] Well, flares, that's a kind of emergency or
[00:21:05] signal flare, so it's simply something that can perhaps be
[00:21:08] compared to a Roman candle or some kind
[00:21:12] of fireworks
[00:21:15] device that some people might take to football matches, which can emit
[00:21:18] such a light. It's something you use at sea
[00:21:22] either to signal that you are in distress for
[00:21:25] lifeboats or to signal from larger vessels to
[00:21:29] each other, so this is a kind of, you could
[00:21:32] say, advanced professional
[00:21:35] fireworks designed for use at sea, but it's
[00:21:39] not common to do this, that it's an
[00:21:42] unusual incident we are seeing right
[00:21:44] now.
[00:21:47] Yes, it's a very unusual incident,
[00:21:50] so this is a step up the escalation ladder, it's such that
[00:21:54] especially Russian warships and the Danish units,
[00:21:57] which have the task of keeping an eye on them out in
[00:22:01] the waters, it's such that Denmark as a state really wants to have
[00:22:04] a physical look at all warships sailing through or
[00:22:08] close to Danish waters, it happens with the help of
[00:22:11] aircraft, with the help of ships or in this case
[00:22:14] helicopters, you simply go out and physically look at them, and you have
[00:22:18] previously observed that... that Russian warships
[00:22:21] have pointed in the direction of Danish units
[00:22:24] with live weapons, for example, one has experienced being targeted
[00:22:28] with targeting radar, i.e. such a military
[00:22:32] instrument, where you can hear on the other end, when you are "illuminated" by it,
[00:22:36] as it's called, so there have been examples of a form
[00:22:39] of confrontational behavior, but this is still with
[00:22:42] the firing of a form of firearm, i.e. not really
[00:22:46] a firearm, but a form of something that can shoot and fly through the air, i.e. a step
[00:22:50] up the escalation ladder, and one flare
[00:22:53] flew close past the helicopter, fortunately no one was
[00:22:56] hurt, could it have gone
[00:22:58] wrong?
[00:23:02] Yes, it's a risky situation, it's like, when the
[00:23:05] armed forces themselves practice with these signal flares or
[00:23:09] flares or whatever it is, I mean, there is a relatively large
[00:23:12] safety distance, especially when there are flying units in the air, simply because
[00:23:16] such a flare, which is essentially a fireball.
[00:23:20] uh that moves through the air at high speed, yes, it's something you very, very reluctantly
[00:23:24] see getting close to uh, whether it's helicopters and
[00:23:27] planes or drones, simply because it can risk going
[00:23:31] really, really wrong, so it's a risky, it's a risky
[00:23:35] situation this, and it's something that definitely attracts
[00:23:38] attention, we don't know how close or how far apart the units were
[00:23:42] from each other, we also don't know how close the one flare passed
[00:23:46] to the Danish helicopter, but we do know at least that it's close enough that it can...
[00:23:50] provoke a strong reaction from the Minister of Defense
[00:23:53] Jeppe Brus, as we hear here. Yes, and Mads, and for those who
[00:23:57] wake up and hear this news and think, oh no, what is happening
[00:24:01] now? The minister calls it serious, but
[00:24:04] is this an extra step on
[00:24:07] the escalation ladder, or the crisis with
[00:24:10] Russia?
[00:24:14] Yes, it is, I mean, it's at least a step up
[00:24:17] that escalation ladder, which has. taken place at
[00:24:21] sea, especially in or around Danish waters, where we have
[00:24:24] seen uh Russian naval units and
[00:24:28] units from the Danish defense, who have played a kind of cat
[00:24:32] and mouse game, i.e. Danish units, whose task is to
[00:24:35] monitor the Russians, and there have been examples
[00:24:39] of them having marked each other, especially from
[00:24:42] the Russian side, but this is a step up
[00:24:45] that ladder, because something has been
[00:24:48] fired that... could pose a potential
[00:24:52] risk, i.e. this flare, this fireball, which has
[00:24:55] passed close by the Danish helicopter. But we have not
[00:24:59] heard from the Russian embassy yet, we are trying to get a
[00:25:02] reaction, and get the Russian ambassador to speak, Vladimir
[00:25:06] Barbin. This took place in international waters, no one
[00:25:10] knows other than those who were there, what actually
[00:25:13] happened. What could have made the Russians react in this
[00:25:17] way? Is there anything that could have provoked them, such as uh.
[00:25:20] photo reconnaissance?
[00:25:24] There is no doubt that Russia uh probably
[00:25:27] has uh found it annoying to
[00:25:30] be photo-reconnoitered by the Danish helicopter, but
[00:25:33] but whatever the case, there are a number of channels
[00:25:37] through which one can express dissatisfaction, there are
[00:25:40] radio frequencies, which are essentially always open, and which everyone
[00:25:43] knows, which can be used to signal, hey, we would like to ask you to
[00:25:47] keep your distance or something, but what needs to be added, and this needs to be added
[00:25:52] that the Russian naval units are relatively
[00:25:56] very on edge, because many of them and their colleagues
[00:26:00] are in an uh in an open war. with Ukraine, where they
[00:26:03] have been very, very used to uh keeping a close eye on what is
[00:26:07] happening at sea, because the Ukrainian drone units have
[00:26:10] done a lot of damage to the Russian navy, so what has been
[00:26:14] seen also for a longer period, is simply that the
[00:26:17] Russian warships and crews have been very much on edge, they have been
[00:26:21] very attentive, they have actually been ready to defend
[00:26:25] themselves against a possible Ukrainian drone attack all
[00:26:29] the time, whether that is one of the explanations for the Russian
[00:26:32] warship in this situation being extra much on edge and
[00:26:36] behaving in what one might perhaps call aggressively here,
[00:26:39] I don't know, but it is certainly true that for a longer
[00:26:43] period one has been able to observe, when the Russian warships sail
[00:26:47] through, also waters that are far from the war zone
[00:26:50] around Ukraine, that they have simply been much more alert and much more
[00:26:54] ready to react to unforeseen incidents. What do you expect
[00:26:57] the aftermath to be?
[00:27:00] bliver?
[00:27:03] Now we hear that there will be what one could call a diplomatic
[00:27:06] aftermath, meaning the Russian ambassador will simply be called
[00:27:09] for a friendly conversation at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
[00:27:13] and yes, then I actually think that everyday life at
[00:27:16] sea, meaning photo reconnaissance tasks, will continue as
[00:27:20] before, one will see Danish state
[00:27:23] authorities out physically looking at Russian ships, simply to see what
[00:27:27] they are, then it may well be that some procedures are built in, where one now
[00:27:31] keeps a little extra distance. at least outside flare or
[00:27:34] signal flare distance, but uh the task of
[00:27:38] physically keeping an eye on foreign state ships passing through or
[00:27:42] close to Danish waters, yes, that will continue as before.
[00:27:45] So said our defense correspondent Mads Korsager, thank you,
[00:27:49] Mads. Yes, as mentioned, we have asked the Russian
[00:27:53] embassy in Denmark for a comment from Ambassador Vladimir
[00:27:56] Barbin, it has not yet succeeded. We have also reached out to
[00:27:59] the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister's Office to get a comment from the Prime Minister
[00:28:03] and the Minister of Foreign Affairs respectively, and a little later, I will speak with
[00:28:06] the leader of the Denmark Democrats, Inger
[00:28:08] Støjberg.
[00:28:12] Dangerous school routes have long been something that families with children have had
[00:28:15] to deal with. Now parents can add another
[00:28:19] concern to the list, namely the fear of wolves when children have to
[00:28:22] go to and from school. Precisely that concern will be addressed by the city council in
[00:28:25] Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality today. Our
[00:28:28] concern is clearly that our children do not
[00:28:32] come home, yes, Max
[00:28:34] Ågen and his family live in the countryside, outside Helle, a little north of
[00:28:38] Ringkøbing. Here there are several kilometers to the nearest
[00:28:41] bus stop for his daughter, and the way to school
[00:28:44] goes along fields and forest roads. It is an area
[00:28:48] where wolves are regularly seen. Therefore, he hopes that the municipality's
[00:28:51] politicians will help to make the way to school safer.
[00:28:54] But the idea that they have to cycle
[00:28:58] back and forth to and from school, uh,
[00:29:01] uh. both dark and light hours, that
[00:29:05] makes the situation unsafe.
[00:29:08] Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality is the country's geographically largest.
[00:29:12] Max Åhen and his family live 5 kilometers from the school, and if
[00:29:15] you want a school bus to pick you up at home in Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality, it has to be
[00:29:19] more than six kilometers. Therefore, the mayor does not think they can help
[00:29:23] the family either. I have great understanding for their
[00:29:27] frustration and their concern, but I think it's
[00:29:30] the same way you have to train your children. to go out in traffic, you also have to
[00:29:33] train your children to go out where there are wild animals, and in this
[00:29:37] case the wolf, of course, so we have informed them what to do if
[00:29:41] they encounter something, and that thing about standing and
[00:29:44] shouting and acting big, you simply can't
[00:29:48] do that as a 10 or 14-year-old, so it's about
[00:29:51] finding the nearest tree and climbing it, if you feel
[00:29:54] threatened. Experts estimate that all 10 wolf pairs in
[00:29:58] Denmark have had pups this year, so therefore the Denmark Democrats
[00:30:01] in Ringkøbing-Skjern want hunters to be able to regulate the population,
[00:30:05] otherwise the state must find a solution, the
[00:30:07] party believes. If this becomes a problem around, then
[00:30:11] it must also be from a national plan that some money comes out here,
[00:30:15] so that we can secure the school route with a bus.
[00:30:19] The Danish Agency for Green Conversion and Water Environment writes to us that
[00:30:22] as a starting point, one does not need to be afraid of being
[00:30:26] here.
[00:30:30] Now we need an overview of what the day otherwise brings.
[00:30:33] Danish Industry hosts today the DI summit
[00:30:36] 2026 focusing on AI as an engine for
[00:30:40] growth for Denmark and the EU. The summit
[00:30:43] gathers around 1600 business leaders, ministers,
[00:30:46] politicians and European decision-makers. Among
[00:30:49] the participants are the Minister for Economic Affairs and the Interior Pier Olsen Dyr, Minister of Foreign Affairs
[00:30:53] Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Minister for Business Martin
[00:30:55] Ledegaard.