Poland has said it is examining the circumstances surrounding a Ukrainian drone carrying explosives that crashed in Lithuania, after officials in Vilnius insisted it had entered the country from Polish airspace.
The drone exploded in Lithuania’s northern Pasvalys district on Sunday, damaging a civilian car. No injuries were reported.
Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius said on Monday that the aircraft was a Ukrainian first-person view (FPV) drone carrying explosives and that Lithuanian surveillance systems had recorded it entering from Poland.
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Source: TVP World
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