# NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania as Rutte calls Russia ‘increasingly reckless’

https://mins.news/en/item/59274

- Fox News, 2026-09-15 12:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.foxnews.com/world/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-lithuanian-airspace-russia-grows-increasingly-reckless-rutte-says

> Two Italian Eurofighter Typhoons operating under NATO command shot down a drone over Lithuania, the first such downing in the Baltic nation's airspace. Lithuanian officials said it likely entered from Belarus and may have carried explosives. NATO is investigating with Lithuanian authorities amid heightened tensions on the eastern flank.

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