NATO Jets Shoot Down Drone Over Lithuania

A military drone was taken down over Lithuanian airspace, while a separate incident saw a Russian ship fire flares at a Danish helicopter.

Things are tense in Europe right now. NATO jets had to shoot down a drone flying over Lithuania. Lithuania is a country that belongs to the NATO alliance. Officials are calling the drone a suspected Russian aircraft. It was flying in their space without permission, so NATO jets went up to stop it. In a separate incident, a Russian ship fired flares at a Danish helicopter. Flares are bright lights used to warn or scare away other aircraft. The helicopter was part of a NATO mission at the time. These two events are being seen as part of a pattern of Russia acting in a provocative way. This m…