NATO jets down drone over Lithuania after alliance warns strikes will drive support for Ukraine
The drone remained over Lithuanian airspace for about 30 minutes before being intercepted, and officials said wreckage suggests it may have carried explosives.
- On Tuesday, Italian fighter jets participating in NATO's Baltic Air Policing Mission shot down a drone in Lithuanian airspace, marking the first time a drone has been intercepted over the country.
- The intercepted device, which Lithuania's National Crisis Management Center reported likely carried explosives, remained in airspace for about 30 minutes and most likely entered from Belarus near the village of Pratkunai.
- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Monday that strikes near alliance territory demonstrate Russian President Vladimir Putin's "desperation and also his desire to sow fear and terror," pledging to bolster the 32-nation alliance's defenses.
- Separately, Denmark reported that a Russian frigate fired flares at a Danish Air Force helicopter during "routine photographic coverage" in the Baltic Sea, prompting the Danish Foreign Ministry to call the actions "completely unacceptable."
- Regional Governor Yuri Slyusar reported a "massive" Ukrainian drone attack sparked fires in the Russian city of Taganrog, while Russian strikes continued across Ukraine despite reports of a potential agreement to avoid hitting energy infrastructure.
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An Italian fighter from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Otan) dropped a drone in Lithuania's airspace on Tuesday, which was most likely from Russia, said Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto. The drone entered Lithuanian airspace from Belarus, allied with Russia, after midnight, and was dropped near the village of Pratkunai, in the south of the country, not far from the city of Kaunas, reported the Lithuanian National Crisis Managemen…
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