# NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania

https://mins.news/en/item/58727

- DW, 2026-09-15 04:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-lithuania/a-79267975?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> A drone entered Lithuania’s airspace before NATO fighter jets shot it down, President Gitanas Nauseda said. Preliminary data cited by national broadcaster LRT indicated the drone came from Belarus and was heading west when it was downed, with wreckage falling in a rural area near Lake Kaunas.

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