Russia Accuses Danish Military Helicopters of making Dangerous Maneuvers Near Its Warships

MOSCOW, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Russia has accused Danish military helicopters of making dangerous maneuvers near its warships in the Baltic Sea and handed an official note to Copenhagen complaining about such incidents, Russia’s ambassador to Denmark said on Tuesday, according to Russia’s RIA state news agency.

Vladimir Barbin, the ambassador, was speaking after the Nordic NATO member’s military said that a Russian frigate had fired two flares towards a Danish military helicopter in international waters off Denmark on Monday, narrowly missing the aircraft.

RIA cited Barbin as blaming Denmark for the episode.

“I demanded that