As reported by the Police Department, on September 16th in Pasvalys district, in the forest located in Keneliai village, a drone possibly fallen as early as May was found.
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“The drone is overgrown with grass, according to preliminary data, it fell a few months ago,” the police state.
According to them, the “Shield” plan has been activated, bomb disposal experts from the ARAS police anti-terrorist operations unit and Lithuanian army soldiers are heading to the scene.
As the news portal delfi.lt reported, according to preliminary data, the found drone is about 2 meters long, with a wingspan of about 3.5 meters. It is not ruled out that this could be a Ukrainian drone that was searched for in May.
Experts are still assessing whether the drone is of military purpose.
Darius Buta, a representative of the National Crisis Management Centre (NKVC), stated that, based on preliminary assessment, the drone does not resemble either the Iranian “Shahed” or the Russian “Gerbera.”
“The found drone does not look like them. We are still waiting for expert evaluation from the site,” D. Buta told journalists.
Found by foresters
As 15min said, Rimantas Sinkevičius, chairman of the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee, the drone was found by foresters.
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“Yes, foresters found it, I know. It is visible that it is in the grass, apparently it fell some time ago. Whether this is the same one that was searched for and not found, it is hard to say. It will be investigated,” said R. Sinkevičius.
According to him, military experts will continue to investigate its origin and may try to determine its route.
R. Sinkevičius says he cannot say what the purpose of this drone is.
15min reminds that on May 21 two drones entered Lithuanian airspace but disappeared from radars near Utena.
At that time, an air threat was declared in Utena county for just over an hour.
A helicopter was also involved in the search, but the drones were not found then.
In recent days, this is not the first incident related to drones. On Sunday, an unmanned aerial vehicle entered Lithuanian territory in Varėna district. Later, an air threat was declared due to another object, but it was later denied that it was a drone – a flock of birds was recorded.
On Tuesday night in Kaišiadorys district, NATO fighters shot down a drone. President Gitanas Nausėda announced on Wednesday that it was a “Gerbera.” You can find all the information about this here.
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