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UK to help Belgium combat suspected Russian drones
The Independent
|November 10, 2025
The UK is sending military support, including RAF specialists, to Belgium after suspected Russian drone incursions in its airspace, the new chief of Britain's armed forces has announced.
In a decision made alongside defence secretary John Healey, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, the chief of defence staff, said the personnel and equipment are on the way after his Belgian counterpart asked for help last week.
Belgium's main airport at Zaventem closed temporarily on Thursday night after drones were spotted nearby and also at military bases, with around 3,000 Brussels Airlines passengers affected as dozens of flights were cancelled or diverted.
Sir Richard said it was “plausible” that the incursions were by Russia, after both the Belgian security services and German defence minister Boris Pistorius said they suspected the same, although it remains unknown who ordered them.
Sir Richard told the BBC's
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