Denmark / 2026-09-14-dk-1
/ date of the event
A Russian frigate fired two flares towards a Danish armed forces helicopter that was carrying out routine photographic documentation of the vessel. One flare passed close to the helicopter. The incident took place in international waters, not in Danish territorial waters. Flares are pyrotechnic devices normally used as an attention signal at sea, not live ammunition. The statement does not name the frigate, mentions no injuries or damage, and offers no further comment.
officially attributed
A court or a competent state body has attributed it. That is not the same as a proven attack: an indictment is an allegation, not a verdict.
Named party: Russian Navy vessel
B - official attribution by a state body
Forsvaret (duńskie siły zbrojne) / 2026-09-14 / carrying out the act
The Danish armed forces stated that the flares were fired from a Russian frigate towards their helicopter. The actor here is a state vessel acting openly. The statement does not settle whether the act was intended as a threat.
No casualties reported.
The Danish armed forces communiqué carries a single date stamp: 14 September 2026, 23.02. That is the publication stamp, not an established time of the incident. No other source gives a different date and the communiqué describes the incident as having happened, so the register records 14 September as the day and gives no time.
Forsvaret (duńskie siły zbrojne) / 2026-09-14 / primary source
supports: the record, that it happened, the attribution