Lithuania confirms Russian Gerbera drone crash on its territory
Photo: Dovilė Šakalienė, Minister of Defense of Lithuania (Getty Images)
Lithuanian Minister of Defense Dovilė Šakalienė has confirmed that the drone that crashed on the country’s territory yesterday was a Russian Gerbera UAV, LRT reports.
"We can confirm that it was a Gerbera. This type of drone can be used for various purposes. We are currently investigating what it was intended for," the Minister said.
At the same time, Šakalienė noted that there is no confirmation yet that the drone was intentionally sent into Lithuanian territory.
Military Arūnas Kumpis, who fought on Ukraine's side, also confirmed the drone crash. However, he refrained from making final conclusions about the drone's exact type.
Russian airstrike on Ukraine
During the night of July 10, Russia launched a massive aerial attack on Ukraine, using 415 different targets, including:
- 397 Shahed drones and decoy drones,
- 8 Iskander-M ballistic missiles,
- 6 Kh-101 cruise missiles, and
- 4 S-300 missiles.
The main target was Kyiv. Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 178 aerial targets, and another 204 drones and missiles were eliminated by electronic warfare systems.
Also on July 10, Lithuanian fighter jets were deployed in response to an unidentified drone from Belarus. The UAV crashed about one kilometer from the Belarusian border, near the closed Šumskas border checkpoint.
