Crosetto: Drone in Lithuania Shot Down by Italian Fighter Nato. Probably Came From Russia

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Ukraine and Russia continue to exchange accusations about the raids of the last few days This article Italian fighters knock down a drone on Lithuania. Crosetto: "Presenza su seguito est Nato fondamentale" comes from LaPresse

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(Agenzia Vista) Lithuania, 15 September 2026 "Last night, as already a month ago, Italian pilots intervened and shot down a threat that most likely came from Russia," said Defense Minister Crosetto in the margins of a press conference in Siauliai with Lithuanian counterpart Robertas Kaunas. Defense Source: Agenzia Vista / Alexander Jakhnagiev

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Suspicions of Moscow, the aircraft carried an device. Tension also in Denmark and Germany. Crosetto: "Fondamamente la presenza italiana sul Fianco Est"

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Rome, 15 sets. (askanews) . "It is not up to me to say" if the drone shot down last night in Lithuania by Italian fighters was Russian, "from the remains it seems that it is a Shahed, not the latest version, so... I do not know which other countries could launch it... but I do not have certainties, I cannot say with certainty that [...]

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On the night between Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th September 2026, two Italian fighters engaged in NATO's air defense mission shot down a drone entered the country's airspace. Vilnius's Minister of Defense, Robertas Kaunas, announced that during the research on the site of the killing of the aircraft without a pilot, an "explosive device" was then "disarmed by bombers" The article Nato: Italian jets knock drone down on Lithuania. He had the bomb.…

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The device was intercepted near Kaunas after an alert in Vilnius; the origin is still under investigation