Russian nationals detained for flying drones over Norwegian airports and energy sites
Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.
The dataset records Russian nationals flying drones over Norwegian airports and energy infrastructure and taking photographs; Deutsche Welle reported that Norway detained a second drone-flying Russian. It codes the incident as reconnaissance and disruption, apparent goal preparation for potential sabotage; disrupt (civil) aviation, target energy / communications infrastructure; civil aviation, location Norway; the dataset records it as running from September 2022 to 2022-10-31, and the date shown is the start of that period. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.
- When
- 1 September 2022
- Where
- Norway, Norway
- What
- espionage arrest
- Acting party
- Government of Russia
- Attribution
- Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
- In the record
- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden
Sources
- Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset
- Evidence Deutsche Welle
History
| When | Field | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC | status | null | reported | P1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule |
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The War Record, "Russian nationals detained for flying drones over Norwegian airports and energy sites", ev-20261027-8a87, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-8a87/