Remember that on Tuesday night, just after midnight, residents of Vilnius and Kaunas counties received notifications about a possible air threat. They were soon canceled, but it was reported that Italian Air Force fighters performing a NATO air defense mission shot down a drone in the Kaišiadorys district, near the Kruonis pumped-storage hydroelectric plant.
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It is stated that the drone came from Belarus.
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Unusual, but not unexpected
Former KOP commander, retired General Edvardas Mažeikis, speaking about the first such incident in Lithuania when fighters shot down a drone, said that the situation is unusual, but not so unexpected.
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