The NATO military alliance stated that Romanian aircraft operating from Lithuania under Baltic air policing program carried out the interception.
NATO officials added that an investigation into the drone incident is currently underway.
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Baltic Airspace Security Concerns continue Growing
The interception marks another escalation in regional airspace security tensions across the Baltic states. Recent weeks have seen western media reports involving unidentified drones near NATO borders, prompting heightened military readiness and air patrol activity.
Earlier, Estonian authorities reported that a drone had violated the country’s airspace before NATO aircraft responded to the situation.
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Russia warns NATO over Kaliningrad Statements
At the same time, Russian officials sharply criticized recent comments from Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys, who urged NATO to demonstrate its ability to overcome Russian defenses in Kaliningrad.
Russian Senator Alexander Shenderyuk-Zhidkov warned NATO against what he described as provocations from Lithuania.
Our president already said that an attack on Kaliningrad would lead to unprecedented escalation, the senator said, according to RIA Novosti.
Paris, London, and Washington would all feel the consequences.
He called on NATO leadership to restrain what he described as Lithuanian provocateurs and avoid testing Russia’s warnings.
Latvia denies claims about NATO Drone Operations
Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže also rejected accusations from Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service claiming Latvia could allow Ukrainian NATO backed forces to launch attacks against Russia from its territory.
Latvia does not provide its airspace for attacks on Russia.
This has been explained to Russian representatives many times, Braže wrote on social media platform X.
Earlier on May 19, Russia’s SVR intelligence service claimed Ukrainian drone units had already arrived in Latvia and were stationed at several military bases.
The agency warned that NATO membership would not shield countries supporting multiple drone attacks against Russia.
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Mr Putin has brought this on himself by continually proclaiming pacifist dogma to those that hate his guts and supply weapons and Billions of $$$$$$$$$ to the destruction of Russia and its people. The question I ask ,is where has it got him ?? it has only achieved in the mind of the west that he is very naive and an extreme idealist not entirely living in the real world . The UK has always hated Russia apart from a few years in WW2 – America unceasingly blames Russia for anything and everything going wrong in the world and continually… Read more »
Iran showed these Zionist creeps how democracy works, without targeting citizens in the Middle East, but Ukraine is a different story because that is the place and location (*Crimea and Sea of Azov) where the Khazarica mafia started to build their empire and won’t give in without the ultimate fight.
FOR THEM IS DO OR DIE, and Russia is already fighting these forces for two millennia, beating them step by step, with heave casualties on both sides.
Khazarica Mafia forbids Ukraine from thinking about any Peace Agreement.