Denmark's foreign minister called the incident a "deeply irresponsible, gross and completely unacceptable Russian provocation."
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A Russian warship early on Friday twice violated Danish territorial waters north of the Baltic Sea island of Bornholm where a democracy festival attended by senior lawmakers and business people was taking place, the Danish Armed Forces said.
Denmark called the action an unacceptable provocation.
The Russian warship entered Danish waters without authorization at 00:30 GMT on Friday and again a few hours later, the armed forces said in a statement. The warship left after the Danish navy established radio contact, it said.
"A deeply irresponsible, gross and completely unacceptable Russian provocation in the middle of #fmdk," Denmark's Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said on Twitter, referring to the Democracy Festival of Denmark.
Et russisk militærfartøj har i nat to gange krænket dansk territorialfarvandEn dybt uansvarlig, grov og fuldstændig uacceptabel russisk provokation midt under #fmdkBøllemetoder virker ikke mod DanmarkRussiske ambassadør hasteindkaldt i Udenrigsministeriet#dkpol#WeAreNATO
The annual festival is attended by senior government officials, including Kofod and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. "Bullying methods do not work against Denmark," Kofod said. The Russian ambassador had been summoned, he added.
"Bullying methods do not work against Denmark"
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