Overview

• Lithuania’s foreign and defense ministers have written to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte requesting immediate measures to bolster the nation’s air defense.
• On August 1, authorities recovered a Russian drone in a military training area near Vilnius carrying a two-kilogram explosive device that was safely neutralized on site.
• It is the second confirmed breach in under a month after a Russian drone violated Lithuanian airspace on July 28.
• Investigators are examining whether the latest incursion was accidental or deliberate while probing Belarus’s responsibility for controlling its airspace.
• Vilnius has warned that Belarus will face political and other measures if it does not take steps to prevent future violations.