{"id":1225199,"date":"2025-09-27T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1225199"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:38:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:38:56","slug":"eu-unveils-eastern-flank-guard-defense-initiative-with-drone-wall-as-key-element","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/eu-unveils-eastern-flank-guard-defense-initiative-with-drone-wall-as-key-element\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Unveils \u201cEastern Flank Guard\u201d Defense Initiative with Drone Wall as Key Element"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The European Union is preparing a new <strong>defense project called \u201cEastern Flank Guard,\u201d<\/strong> with a <strong>\u201cdrone wall\u201d<\/strong> set to become its central component.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a joint press conference in Helsinki after a video meeting with the defense ministers of nine EU member states and Ukraine, <strong>EU Commissioner for Defense and Space Andrius Kubilius<\/strong> outlined the initiative\u2019s three pillars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ground barrier<\/strong> \u2013 engineering fortifications to protect EU borders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Drone wall<\/strong> \u2013 advanced systems for <strong>detection, monitoring, and interception<\/strong> of hostile drones, prompted by recent dangerous provocations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Maritime barrier<\/strong> \u2013 a symbolic but necessary measure to guard against threats from the sea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Kubilius stressed that the EU must be ready for provocations \u201cincluding from the sea,\u201d and highlighted the need for a <strong>space-based surveillance system<\/strong> to strengthen border control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The virtual conference included defense ministers from <strong>Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary<\/strong>, along with <strong>EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas<\/strong>, the <strong>Danish defense minister<\/strong> (representing the EU Council presidency), and <strong>NATO observers<\/strong>. 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