00:00Belgium has convened the National Security Council after drones were spotted over military bases and airports over the past days, causing flight disruptions.
00:10To tackle this threat, authorities consider establishing an espace surveillance center, as well as introducing mandatory registration of drones.
00:18The drone incursions occurred while the EU is putting pressure on Belgium to confiscate Russian frozen assets held at Euroclear in Brussels,
00:26so that reconstruction loans to Ukraine can be issued.
00:29Despite lacking proof, Russia is widely suspected of being behind the drone incidents.
00:34You must ask yourself who has benefited from this, and this is definitely Russia.
00:39I think the effect that I seek is double.
00:43One, it's intimidation of our decision makers, perhaps linked to the decision that has to be made about Euroclear,
00:50and two, it's to try to divide the public opinion.
00:53Perhaps some people would be inclined to say, well, if only we drop Ukraine, then we will not have this problem.
00:59The Belgian defense minister is expected to table a 50 million euros investment plan for an anti-drone initiative on Friday.
01:06Belgium is also considering the option of shooting down invading drones.
01:10Belgium specifically has learned that we need a legal framework that allows to shoot down drones,
01:16and, of course, we actually need the military capacity that can do this,
01:20and this will now be speeded up so that we will be ready very soon to deal with it.
01:25The Russian embassy in Brussels has denied any involvement in drone operations in the Belgian airspace.
01:32Drones' incursions have recently occurred in multiple European countries, such as Denmark, Germany and Norway.
01:37Poland and Romania have already decided to deploy new weapons systems to defend against drones.
01:42Game count on Dad.
01:44The Russian airspace first came to USAID in�men.
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