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- Italian Eurofighter Typhoons on NATO duty shot down a drone over Lithuanian airspace.
- The drone was destroyed near Pratkunai, about 60 miles northwest of Vilnius.
- Air Force Commander Antanas Matutis said the recovered drone likely carried explosives.
- NATO coordinated the scramble through its Combined Air Operations Centre in Uedem, Germany.
- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that strikes near alliance territory would increase support for Ukraine.