Lithuania requests NATO help boost its air defenses after second drone crosses border

August 6, 2025

Politico

VILNIUS — Lithuania is calling on NATO to help strengthen its air defenses after a drone carrying 2 kilograms of explosives entered the country from Belarus and crashed in a military training area.

Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė and Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys sent a letter to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to request the deployment of additional, “even experimental,” capabilities on its territory to address air threats, Šakalienė said on Tuesday.

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