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At least 10 European countries have seen mysterious drone incursions in the last few months.
Lithuania, Latvia, Denmark, Norway, Romania, Poland, Estonia, Germany and France have seen drones or disruptions over their territory in the past three months.
Denmark temporarily banned all commercial drone flights throughout the country on 29 September. While the European Union has formally launched a drone wall initiative along the eastern border with Russia and NATO said it is increasing its vigilance in the Baltic states.
Here’s what’s been spotted so far and where.
Lithuania
On 28 July, Lithuanian authorities reported that a drone had crossed into their country from Russia.
The country’s defence minister Dovile Sakaliene said the drone was likely directed from Russia towards Ukraine but unintentionally carried into their territory.
The drone was found a few days later, armed with explosives in a military training area, according to Lithuania’s prosecutor-general Nida Grunskiene. That came after a separate incident where a Russian drone entered Lithuanian airspace on 10 July.
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