NATO fighter jets shoot down an unidentified drone after it enters Lithuanian airspace, the Lithuanian president says. The incident is reported as the latest in a series of aerial security alerts affecting NATO’s eastern flank during Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia—NATO members that share a long border with Russia—regularly report drone incursions, according to multiple outlets. Deutsche Welle and Bloomberg both report that the drone is believed to be coming from Belarus, an ally of Russia, while other reports focus on the act of interception and the fact that NATO jets destroyed the drone once it entered Lithuanian airspace.
Kyiv Post also situates the event within broader regional military activity, noting preventive aviation operations in Poland during renewed Russian attacks on Ukraine. Across the reports, there is general agreement on the timing and location (Lithuania) and on the interception being carried out by NATO jets, but details about the drone’s origin and wider military context vary slightly by outlet.
