Lithuania says drone sighting turns out to be flock of birds, after NATO summons jets
- NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight Tuesday near the village of Pratkknai in the Kaiaiadorys district, about 60 miles from Vilnius.
- On Monday, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that strikes near alliance territory demonstrate Russian President Vladimir Putin's "desperation and also his desire to sow fear and terror." He pledged to bolster defenses for the 32-nation alliance.
- Antanas Matutis, commander of the Lithuanian air force, said wreckage was recovered and the drone was "likely" carrying explosives. Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of the National Crisis Management Center, reported the device entered from Belarus and spent about 30 minutes in airspace.
- Elsewhere, Russian forces shot down 222 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday. Meanwhile, eight people were wounded in Russian strikes on Kyiv, including two at gas stations, as Ukrainian attacks sparked fires in Taganrog.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Kyiv is "ready to support de-escalation" if Russia is genuinely willing to end the war. President Donald Trump claimed both sides agreed not to target energy infrastructure, though details remain unconfirmed.
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NATO jets down drone in Lithuanian airspace after bloc warns strikes will drive support for Ukraine – WTOP News
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday, less than a day after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that strikes close to the alliance’s territory would drive the trans-Atlantic organization to increase its support for Kyiv. The drone was downed near the village of...
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NATO jets down drone in Lithuanian airspace after bloc warns strikes will drive support for Ukraine
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday, less than a day after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that strikes close to the alliance's territory would drive the trans-Atlantic…
The pilots who have neutralized the threat are from the Italian Air Force. The first searches point to the drone entering from Belarus. More information: Two Spanish F-18 fighters intervene in Romania after the intrusion of a drone near the Ukrainian border.
Multiple NATO fighters have shot down a drone in Lithuania’s airspace at midnight, specifically over the Kaunas district, after alarms were raised over its sighting, which has alerted several parts of the country, including the Baltic capital, Vilnius, to EP. ‘A drone over Lithuanian territory has been successfully neutralized’, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence reported on social networks, which highlighted in the same publication that ‘the Li…
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