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The leader of the Denmark Democrats, Inger Støjberg, was one of the politicians who attended a briefing at the Ministry of Defence. Photo: Sebastian Elias Uth/Ritzau Scanpix

Political support builds for government response to Russian frigate firing flares near helicopter

Danish political parties have broadly backed the government after it responded to an incident in which a Russian frigate fired two flares toward a Danish military helicopter on Monday, according to the Danish Armed Forces.

The military said that one of the air force’s Fennec helicopters had...

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