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WorldPingNATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace and Denmark accused a Russian frigate of firing flares at a Danish military helicopter on Tuesday, in incidents that heightened tensions along the alliance’s eastern flank.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingUrsula von der Leyen says incidents ‘part of broader pattern of Russian aggression and provocation against Europe’ A Russian warship fired two emergency flares at a Danish helicopter in the Baltic Sea and an Italian Nato fighter jet shot down a drone…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
A NATO fighter jet shot down a drone in southern Lithuania shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
WorldPingThe European Commission’s president warned that recent actions in Denmark and Lithuania are ‘not isolated incidents’ Russian warship fires flares at Danish helicopter as Nato jets shoot down drone over Lithuania Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybi…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
WorldPingThe European Union accused Russia on Tuesday of the "reckless" firing of flares at a Danish frigate which, with the shooting down of a drone over Lithuania, heightened the continent's anxiety over the Ukraine-Russia war.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia targeted his plane with drones as part of a campaign to intimidate him and other foreign leaders.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
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