Russian frigate fires signal flares at Danish military helicopter

Signal flares were fired towards a Danish military helicopter near Gedser on 14 September.

As reported by Danish Armed Forces online news report, a Russian frigate fired two signal flares towards the Danish helicopter.

The Danish military stated that one of the flares had passed a short distance from the helicopter.

Signal flares are pyrotechnic devices usually used to attract attention at sea.

At the end of August, it was reported that the UK's Royal Navy had spent three days tracking Russian vessels sailing near the UK coast.

In July, a Russian warship conducted gunnery drills off Britain's coast on the day Andy Burnham took office as prime minister.