cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/11322470

The drone was shot down by Italian troops stationed at the NATO air base in Šiauliai using Eurofighter jets.

Military police, regular police and other emergency services were dispatched to the crash site, where they recovered debris overnight, the Lithuanian military said.

Warnings of a possible air threat were initially sent to residents of Vilnius and the surrounding district, as well as the Trakai and Elektrėnai districts. The warning was later extended to the Kaunas region as the drone continued westward. The alerts were subsequently cancelled.

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  • TabbsTheBat (they/them)@pawb.social
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    2 days ago

    Got woken up at midnight for this. It was shot down in Pratūkai in the Kaišiadoris area…

    I couldn’t fall back asleep after the air raid warnings so now I get a fun day of functioning on 2 hours of sleep

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      Same, wasn’t pleasant hearing the phone alarm go off twice (and hearing the jets fly overhead outside)

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        I knew the 2nd one was coming so I was ready for it lol. I considered muting the warning alarms, but I also don’t want to miss anything important happening

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          I just turned on the LRT radio and was listening in for a moment when they said that the drone got shot down.