NATO fighter jets shoot down drone over Lithuania after latest incursion
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NATO fighter jets shot down a drone over Lithuania, the Baltic state's president said Tuesday, in the latest security incident on the alliance's eastern flank during Russia's war with Ukraine.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – NATO members sharing a long border with Russia – regularly report drone incursions since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
"A drone that just entered Lithuanian airspace was destroyed by NATO fighter jets," Gitanas Nauseda wrote in a post on X.
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NATO fighter jets shot down a drone over Lithuania, the Baltic state's president said Tuesday, in the latest security incident on the alliance's eastern flank during Russia's war with Ukraine.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia – NATO members sharing a long border with Russia – regularly report drone incursions since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
"A drone that just entered Lithuanian airspace was destroyed by NATO fighter jets," Gitanas Nauseda wrote in a post on X.