Key Facts: Chronology of the Drone Shot Down in Lithuania
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The pilots of the Italian NATO fighters who tore down the drone that had entered Lithuanian airspace in the early morning of Tuesday, suspected it since they had visual contact with the unmanned flying object. Now confirmed by the Minister of Defence of Lithuania, Robertas Kaunas: the new drone intercepted near the Kruonis pumping plant, the only hydroelectric pumped storage plant in the entire Baltic, carried an explosive charge that was found …
In the Kaišiadorys district, near the Kruonis pumped storage power plant, NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that had flown from Belarus. By that time, residents of Vilnius and Kaunas counties had received warnings on their phones about a possible air hazard. Data collected over 15 minutes shows that the drone was spotted well before the aforementioned warning.
A drone was shot down in Lithuanian airspace on the night of Monday to Tuesday. LRT.lt provides a brief chronology of events.
In the Kaišiadorys district, near the village of Pratkūnai, where a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone that had flown into Lithuania from Belarusian territory at night, officers were on duty early Tuesday morning. According to the Commander of the Air Force, Col. Antanas Matučis, the drone was shot down with rocket weapons. Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys announced that Lithuania would hand Belarus a note regarding the drone incident. The shoc…
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