Two Italian Eurofighter Typhoons operating under NATO command scrambled overnight and shot down a drone over Lithuania, marking the first time a drone has been downed in the Baltic nation’s airspace, officials said Tuesday.
The incident came less than a day after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that strikes close to alliance territory would drive the 32-nation bloc to increase its support for Ukraine.
The drone was destroyed near the village of Pratkūnai, about 60 miles northwest of the capital, Vilnius.
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