Troels Lund repeatedly rejected Russian attacks on a new Ukrainian weapons factory in Denmark, but...

Denmark again rejected a Russian attack on a new Ukrainian weapons factory in Denmark, but...

According to Russia, it is becoming increasingly difficult not to consider Denmark as a direct participant in the conflict in Ukraine.

Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) will not go into details about exactly what security measures will be taken to secure the Ukrainian factory against sabotage. (Photo: © Ida Marie Odgaard, Ritzau Scanpix)

By Tobias Leth Klinge ([email protected]) 58 min. ago Updated 6 min. ago

At a press conference, where Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) presented the first Ukrainian weapons factory on Danish soil, the minister came with a very clear message.

It was directed at the people who might speculate about whether Russia could come up with a deliberate attack on the company.

- I consider it to be completely hypothetical impossible. So one would also go to war with a NATO country.

The minister had to repeatedly answer questions about whether it is now smart to publicly reveal exactly where the factory is located.

The address in Tingvej 4 in Skrydstrup, is apparent from the piece about the agreement (https://www.em.dk/Media/638924941880546081/Pjece%20Sammen%20om%20Sikkerhed.pdf) from the Ministry of Business and the Ministry of Defense.

The minister was clearly dismissive of the idea that bombs would fall on Skrydstrup and the new factory.

But... , sounded it.

- We are in a very serious security political situation, which makes the risk of sabotage and espionage high. I fear unfortunately that we will have to get used to it. Therefore, we will take the necessary security measures.

- We will secure ourselves with the police and the Police Intelligence Service (PET), so we are able to take care of the security that is there, said the minister.

Listen to the minister speak about it here:

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'Denmark is going in for further escalation'

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It is the company Fire Point, which is to start production of solid rocket fuel in Denmark. According to plan already in December this year.

Fire Point is behind Ukraine's entirely new long-range "flamingo"-cruise missile, which has a range of 3,000 kilometers, and Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyj, has called it (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/22/ukraine-war-briefing-zelenskyy-reveals-huge-flamingo-cruise-missile-as-no-peace-in-sight) Ukraine's "most successful" missile.

And the news has not been welcomed with roses in Russia.

- If Ukraine produces rocket fuel for cruise missiles on Danish soil, it will become increasingly difficult not to consider Denmark as a direct participant in the conflict in Ukraine.

- The Ukrainian side has spoken very openly about the fact that these missiles are intended to carry out attacks deep inside Russia. That is known to Copenhagen, sounds it in a written comment from the Russian ambassador in Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, to DR.

Barbin writes further, that Denmark "clearly" does not want peace in Ukraine, and that Denmark "desperately" tries to prevent the understanding, which the leaders of Russia's president, Putin, and USA’s president, Trump, reached on the meeting in Alaska about the possible conditions for creating peace in Ukraine, can be implemented.

- Denmark is determined to continue the bloodshed in Ukraine and goes by word and deed in for an unlimited further escalation of the conflict, he writes to DR.

It is in this building that Fire Point is to start production. The address is apparent from a piece about the agreement from the Ministry of Business and the Ministry of Defense. Photo: Laura Bruun, DR.

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A 'real' risk

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With the agreement about Ukrainian weapons production on Danish soil, Denmark adds another chapter to the story of Denmark's and Russia's poor relations, has Flemming Splidsboel, senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies with a focus on Russia, previously stated (https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/ny-maaling-halvdelen-af-danskerne-bakker-op-om-ukrainsk-vaabenproduktion-i-danmark).

He assesses that the agreement comes with a "real" risk.

- It can be sabotage for example against the railway network that leads to the factory. It can also be attempts to damage or gain access to the building and destroy things.

Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen will not go into details about exactly what security measures will be taken.

- We are of course very concerned about how and in what way we continue to have control over and can expand the security in and around the factory.

- There will be ongoing work on how and in what way the security is constantly adapted to the current situation we are in, he says.

DR is working to get a comment from PET.

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