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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said he believes Russia is deliberately allowing drones to stray into Lithuanian and other Baltic states' airspace. This followed an incident in which a NATO fighter jet intercepted and downed a Russian-made Gerbera drone over central Lithuania, which Nausėda said was likely aimed at Ukraine but strayed off course. The incidents add to a pattern of airspace violations near NATO's eastern border linked to the war in Ukraine, raising concerns about deliberate provocation versus accidental incursion.