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According to LRT, it was the first drone to be shot down over Lithuania.<br \/>\nThe incident took place amid heightened tensions between Russia and NATO over the Ukraine conflict. Several Ukrainian drones have veered into the Baltic states earlier this year, which Kiev has blamed on Russian signal-jamming. 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