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Unfortunately this is not going to make a dent in the current policies. First of all, russia surveying military bases with drones, really? What else is new? Second, currently there is no way to shoot drones in EU due to variety of bullshit legal reasons.

So this article will change nothing. russia will continue blocking airports and EU won't do anything about it.



In headlines today

>EU set to indefinitely freeze Russian assets

https://www.rte.ie/news/europe/2025/1212/1548621-eu-russia/

You don't have to respond to provocations in a simplistic way that doesn't really effect the enemy

Shooting the drones would probably have Russia laugh and send twice as many next time. Financial actions can help. Blocading their oil might finish things.


And this is precisely what EU is known for. Deliberating for years and coming up with an empty inconsequential legislation instead of, you know, actions.

This legislation does not make any difference nor to putin nor to the russia in general.

Drones will continue flying over NATO bases with full impunity.


Germany has passed legislation to permit the police and I believe the Bundeswehr to shoot down or disable unauthorised drones.

Denmark is also (I believe) looking into this.

I suspect that over the next year more and more EU countries will follow suit.


There could be years between looking into it and passing a legislation. There could be years between passing a legislation and actually shooting drones. It's EU, we won't do shit until the comprehensive environmental impact study is finished.

But we are slowly waking up.


> currently there is no way to shoot drones in EU due to variety of bullshit legal reasons

Citation?


Literally any news media in the EU in the last 4 weeks. Drone sightings everywhere, action equals none.


Statistics! Nobody took any action during hundreds of drone incidents in many countries.


bullshit citation reasons




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