NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania

A drone entered Lithuania's airspace before NATO fighter jets shot it down, the Baltic country's president said in the early hours of Tuesday. Gitanas Nauseda thanked the military alliance for its "swift response." "With Russia intensifying its aggression against Ukraine, such readiness is vital for our region. Together with our NATO Allies, Lithuania will defend its airspace," Nauseda wrote on X. Lithuanian national radio LRT cited preliminary data from the National Crisis Management Center (NKVC) as saying the drone came from neighboring Belarus. It was heading west as it was shot. The broadcaster reported that the drone fell in a rural area near Lake Kaunas, in the center of Lithuania.