Moscow Has Noticed

The Rest of the World Podcast · Sep 15, 2026 · 11m

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PRATKŪNAI

NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight, the first time a drone has ever been intercepted inside the country’s own skies. Hours later, in Washington, the State Department told Congress it is stripping military financing from two other NATO members to fund governments in Latin America instead.

Italian jets flying under NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission brought down the drone near Pratkūnai village, about 60 miles west of Vilnius, early Tuesday…