US EditionMilitary Expert: a Russian Herbera Drone Could Have Landed in Lithuania From Belarus
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An incident that has caused great concern in the region occurred this week when a Russian military drone, suspected of being part of the weaponry used by Russia in the war in Ukraine, crashed in Lithuania – a member state of NATO and the European Union. According to the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) similar to a drone entered Lithuanian airspace from the direction of Belarus, a close ally of Russia and a…
In the vicinity of the Belarusian-Lithuanian border, there was a new incident involving an improvised aircraft; first, the media reported a possible flight of a Shahed drone, but the border guards specified that it was not a battle drone, but an improvised "samolotics" that had landed on the ground in Vilnius district, near the closed Schumskas checkpoint, only a kilometre from the border.
"We will thoroughly assess this situation. One aspect of assessing the threat is the presence of this object in our territory. The air police's task was quickly changed from surveillance to another type of task. However, this object fell very quickly into our territory and, without continuing to fly, did not pose a threat," she added.
Defense Minister Deauville Shakalene said the incident was random, but the number of provocations on the border could increase
Some of the drivers were taken to a shelter, but it was eventually discovered that there were no explosives on the device.
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