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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 warned that strikes close to alliance territory would prompt the trans-Atlantic organization to increase its support for Ukraine
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 warned that strikes close to alliance territory would prompt the trans-Atlantic organization to increase its support for Ukraine. Military officials in Lithuania, a NATO member, said it was the first time a drone had been shot down in the country’s airspace. Authorities did not comment on the drone’s origin or purpose, saying the incident required further investigation. The drone was downed near the village of Pratkūnai, about 60 miles (100 kilometers) west of the capital, Vilnius, and near the Kaunas Reservoir, Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Center said. Officials in NATO countries including Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Poland have in recent weeks accused Russia of involvement in drone incursions, sabotage, arson, surveillance of defense facilities and plans to use an explosives-carrying drone to attack an airport. Rutte said Monday that strikes “close to NATO territory” demonstrated Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “desperation and also his desire…
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