# ‘Putin looking to see how far he can push NATO’

https://mins.news/en/item/59648

- France 24, 2026-09-15 16:48 UTC
- World
- Original: http://www.france24.com/en/video/20260915-putin-looking-to-see-how-far-he-can-push-nato

> NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, officials said Tuesday. Denmark separately said flares were fired at one of its air force helicopters while it monitored a Russian frigate in the Baltic Sea. France 24’s Philip Turle examines Moscow’s possible motives as such incidents appear to increase inside NATO and EU territory.

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