{"id":211345,"date":"2026-11-11T12:28:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T09:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211345\/"},"modified":"2026-11-11T12:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T09:28:27","slug":"nato-reportedly-fired-missile-at-drone-that-flew-over-lithuania-latvia-and-estonia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211345\/","title":{"rendered":"NATO reportedly fired missile at drone that flew over Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 11, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A NATO aircraft apparently fired a missile at a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace and flew across Latvia into Estonia overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevi\u010dius said on Facebook that missile fragments had been found near the town of Bir\u017eai in northern Lithuania, close to the Latvian border, LRT<\/em> reported. He said air defenses had tracked four unmanned aerial vehicles in the region, one of which flew over Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latvia\u2019s military tracked four aerial targets overnight, Sargs.lv<\/em> reported, citing the National Armed Forces. Three of them entered Latvian airspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three targets were detected near the border with Belarus, two of which entered Latvia and later left its airspace. The fourth came from Lithuania and flew across Latvia into Estonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Latvian air defenses and NATO patrol aircraft failed to shoot down the drone flying over Latvia toward Estonia, the military said, citing concerns about the safety of civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia issued air alerts overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a separate incident, Vilnius and Kaunas airports suspended operations for about half an hour on the evening of November 10 after radar systems detected objects whose flight patterns were characteristic of weather balloons used by smugglers to transport cigarettes from Belarus to Lithuania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such balloon overflights have contributed to political tensions between Minsk and Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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