Belarus appears to have resumed providing infrastructure to support Russian drone attacks on Ukraine and is now also emerging as a threat to NATO after a drone flying from Belarus was shot down over Lithuania. Here's what we know. #EuropeNews
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15/09/2026 - 12:14 GMT+2
The drone shot down by NATO over Lithuania overnight on Tuesday had entered the country’s airspace from neighbouring Belarus, Vilnius said.
The drone flew over Lentvaris close to the Lithuanian capital before being brought down near the village of Pratkūnai, according to Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Centre.
It was the first time a drone was shot down over Lithuanian territory.
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