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  "id": 7502573,
  "title": "NATO fighter jets shoot down drone over Lithuania for the first time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/nato-fighter-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-lithuania-for-the-first-time",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T07:37:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
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    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/15/nato-fighter-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-lithuania-for-the-first-time"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "NATO fighter jets shot down a drone that entered Lithuanian airspace overnight on September 15, marking the first time a drone has been downed in the country’s history, according to the Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT. The aircraft that carried out the strike were Italian fighter jets based at an air base in the city of Šiauliai.",
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        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "NATO intercepts drone that entered Lithuanian airspace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/nato-intercepts-drone-that-entered-lithuanian-airspace",
        "published": "2026-09-14T22:37:21.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Nato jets down drone that entered Lithuanian airspace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/nato-jets-down-drone-that-entered-lithuanian-airspace",
        "published": "2026-09-14T23:26:47.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuanian airspace after it flew in from Belarus",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-lithuanian-airspace-after-it-flew-in",
        "published": "2026-09-15T00:54:57.000Z"
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        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "NATO fighter jets shoot down drone over Lithuania after latest incursion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/nato-fighter-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-lithuania-after-latest",
        "published": "2026-09-15T02:19:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Post",
        "title": "NATO Jets Shoot Down Drone Over Lithuania",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-lithuania",
        "published": "2026-09-15T03:58:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-lithuania-7471797",
        "published": "2026-09-15T04:16:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "NATO fighter jets intercept drone in Lithuanian airspace",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/nato-fighter-jets-intercept-drone-in-lithuanian-airspace",
        "published": "2026-09-15T05:24:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "NATO jets shoot down drone over Lithuania in latest Baltic security incident",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/nato-jets-shoot-down-drone-over-lithuania-in-latest-baltic-security",
        "published": "2026-09-15T05:53:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Drone shot down by NATO fighter jets over Lithuania",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/drone-shot-down-by-nato-fighter-jets-over-lithuania",
        "published": "2026-09-15T06:12:14.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}