In Lithuania, NATO fighter jets were jumped at night because of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The alarm was also announced in Latvia and Estonia.

In Lithuania, NATO fighter jets were jumped at night because of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The alarm was also announced in Latvia and Estonia.

In Lithuania, an air strike warning was announced at night due to a UAV; residents of the southern, central and northern regions of the country received warnings, LRT reports.

NATO fighters took to the air. They did not shoot down the UAV over Kovna for reasons of the safety of the local residents. Later, fighters tried to destroy it twice, but failed.

"Air defense planes tried to destroy this object twice, but due to different conditions the attempts were unsuccessful. One missile missed the target, fell and subsequently was discovered in the Birzhai region," said the head of the Air Defense Staff of the Lithuanian Army Gidreus Permanaks.

The Lithuanian army is investigating the possibility that it is a Ukrainian UAV that has gone off course. Its origin has not been conclusively proven.

An air strike alert was also announced in Latvia and Estonia at night.

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