Pasvalys District Resident: I Went Outside, Heard Fighter Jets, and 5 Minutes Later There Was an Explosion
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A drone that flew in from Poland in the early hours of the morning crossed almost the entire territory of Lithuania and crashed near the Latvian border, in the Pasvalys district. The wreckage of the drone damaged the door of a moving car, but no people were injured. The Prime Minister and the Minister of National Defense promise to investigate why residents were only notified of the drone from Kaunas County.
15min from the scene: The road in the Pasvalys district was closed, a helicopter and fighter jets were flying, and windows were shaking before that.
Early this morning, a military drone flew into Lithuania, flew across the entire country, and exploded only in the Pasvalys district, most likely after hitting trees. NATO allies tried to chase the drone with fighter jets, but could not find it due to thick fog. And when the drone exploded, its debris also damaged a person's car driving on the road. Local residents and even witnesses who saw the explosion with their own eyes told TV3 that the im…
On the morning of Sunday, October 18, after a red weather alert was declared in Lithuania and later canceled, reports of a possible explosion were received in Pasvalys district. The Biržai–Rauboniai road was closed due to the incident, and representatives of the Pasvalys district municipality's emergency situations commission went to the scene.
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