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An unidentified drone suspected to have come from Belarus entered into Lithuanian airspace on Monday, according a local outlet. Darius Buta, a representative of Lithuania's National Crisis Management Center, told public broadcaster LRT that a drone was spotted at an altitude of approximately 650 feet near the capital city of Vilnius.
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Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the National Security and Defense Council's Center for Countering Disinformation, confirmed that a drone from Belarus had flown into Lithuania. He called it Russia's attempt to humiliate NATO in the Baltic states. Overnight, Russian forces launched 324 drones of various types and seven missiles at Ukraine.
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"The Lithuanian Air Force observed the object while it was on the territory of Belarus, the information was transferred to the NATO Joint Air Operations Center. So far, the most likely version is that the plane was disoriented by Ukrainian air defense, but all possible versions will be investigated.
VILNIUS - Germany is ready to take responsibility for Europe's security and to develop a brigade in Lithuania, German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said in Vilnius on Tuesday.
Lithuanian officials have reported a suspected drone from Belarus that has entered airspace close to Vilnius, which is the second such incident in a month.
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German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil plans to travel to Lithuania on Monday. After arriving in the capital Vilnius, meetings are planned on Tuesday with President Gitanas Nausėda and his counterparts from the Baltic states of Lithuania,
An unidentified drone crossed into Lithuania from Belarus on Monday morning, authorities said, prompting police mobilization and a military investigation. The defense minister warned similar incidents could increase as Belarus prepares for autumn exercises.
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